Hank Snow - The broken wedding ring

^CA cowboy with his sweetheart stood ^Fbeneath a starlit ^Csky ^FTomorrow he was ^Cleaving for the ^D7lonesome prairie ^G7wide

^CShe said I'll be your loving bride when ^Fyou return some^Cday ^FHe handed her a ^Cbroken ring and ^G7to her he did ^Csay

You'll find upon that ring sweetheart my ^Fname engraved in ^Cgold ^FAnd I shall keep the ^Cother half which ^G7bears your name you ^Cknow

Three years have passed he did not come and ^FNell will wed ^Ctonight ^FHer father said an ^CEarl would make ^D7her happy home so ^G7bright

^CThe lights were gaily glowing as they ^Fstood there side by ^Cside ^FLet's drink a toast to ^Cthis young man and ^G7to his lovely ^Cbride

Just then there stood within the door a ^Ffigure tall and ^Cslim ^FA handsome cowboy ^Cwas their guest and ^D7slowly he walked ^G7in

^CI'll drink with you a toast said he and ^Fquickly in her ^Cglass ^FHe dropped a half of ^Cwedding ring then ^G7anxiously he ^Cwatched

She tipped her glass and from her lips a ^Fring fell shining ^Cbright ^FThe token she had ^Clonged to see lay ^D7there beneath the ^G7light

^CThough years have been between us dear ^Flove won our last long ^Cfight ^FIt's you my cowboy ^Csweetheart and my ^G7Jack I'll wed to^Cnight