Kathy Mar Jonathan Lyrics

Jonathan Lyrics

This little trunk holds Jonathan's love letters



Bound so neatly in ribbons of silk



Jonathan had such beautiful penmanship



Written on parchment as white as milk







Jonathan's words arranged chronologically



Month by month and then day by day



Jonathan surely wrote me quite frequently



Jonathan had such a lot to say







Chorus:	 My sweet Jonathan wrote me constantly



	 All he hoped to be, all he dreamed



	 How the world was too bright and beautiful



	 How the people weren't all they seemed







Jonathan wrote when he was out traveling



How he hated each social affair



Jonathan swore he soon would come back to me



We'd get married and settle somewhere







Jonathan wrote with caring and tenderness



How he loved me so simple and pure



Jonathan said those colorful party girls



All were too forward to be endured







Chorus







Jonathan wrote me on a clear summer's day



Told me with sorrow we'd never wed



Some little tramp accused him of raping her



Jonathan never was in her bed







She was expecting one or two little ones



Honor would force him to make her wife



Jonathan swore he'd always remember me



All through his terrible married life







Chorus







Jonathan wrote once more in his perfect hand



Told me that when all the fuss should die



And his rich bride went off for the holidays



He would come just for one last goodbye







Jonathan came at midnight on Christmas eve



One more sweet letter was in his hand



Saying that all his wealth was such misery



Swearing his life was at my command







Chorus







This little trunk holds Jonathan's love letters



Reading them still can be lots of fun



This little trunk holds Jonathan's every word



This bigger trunk holds Jonathan











Words and music:Kathy Mar







Copyright 1985 Kathy Mar