A Dear John Letter

老歌之所以耐聽

是因為有很多的回憶在裏頭

聽著不同時期的歌

心也彷彿回到了那個時候

音樂比相片更能勾起深藏的記憶



這首歌據說是源自一段真實的故事。

女孩因為男友在海軍服役，被分派至海外駐守，

在時空阻隔之下，女孩愛上另一位男孩，

而原先的男友一直被蒙在鼓裡，等到他看到這封信，

女友早已琵琶別抱，生米煮成熟飯。

　這個故事，使得A dear John letter成為「絕交信」的代名詞，

比較齊全的英漢字典中可以查到相關的說明。

如果有女孩說：I'm gonna write a dear John letter.

意思是說她準備要寫封信和男友分手。

Dear John, Oh, how I hate to write
Dear John, I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn
And tonight I wed another, Dear John.

(Recitation)

I was overseas in battle when the postman came to me
And he handed me a letter, I was happy as I could be
As the fighting was all over and the battle had been won
Then I opened up the letter and it started, "Dear John."
(Chorus)
Dear John, Oh, how I hate to write
Dear John, I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn
And tonight I wed another, Dear John.

(Recitation)

Will you please send back my picture, my husband wants it now
When I tell you who I'm wedding, you won't care, dear, anyhow
Now the ceremony has started and I'll wed your brother Don
Will you wish us happiness forever, Dear John?


The song was popular during the Korean War and popularized by
Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky in 1953 as well as Red Sovine.
It was re-introduced by Pat Boone in the 60's. I had hoped to
find a midi file of the tune and have it play in the background.
What I did discover, is that this tune is described as one of the
"lost hits of the 50's! I could not find the tune, but did find
the words (I hope!). I thought it might be fun to post them here.
Maybe we can get Sharon and Wes to perform it for us sometime!
It's only been 50 years and now they have the words!