Oh, sweet JerrynThe man that she would marrynHe'd say, Oh, darling don't you crynFor I will always be by your sidennShe took Jerry for grantednIn her life he was firmly plantednShe'd say, oh, sometimes I wonder whynJerry always stays by my sidennJerry worked hard everydaynHe worked so the bills could be paidnWhile she dreamed of a better lifenWhere she was another man's wifennThen early one October morningnShe left Jerry with no warningnHe said, oh, darling won't you staynAnd she said, Jerry, I've got to get awaynnOh, sweet JerrynThe weight he could not carrynAnd oh, oh how he triednAnd when she left oh how he criednnAnd weeks passed by and the phone rangnThe voice on the line was brokennShe said, oh the world is, oh so coldnJerry, your love kept me warm andnhelp me to be boldnnAnd Jerry thought she would come homenFor without her, he felt so alonenShe never did, and he always wondered whynAnd when he felt sad, he hid it with a smiles liennAnd years have passed on by nownAnd Jerry, he gets by somehownBut he still whispers,noh Darling don't you crynFor I will always be by your side