Jenny Jean oh Jenny Jean
Why’d you have to go and die
Jenny Jean oh Jenny Jean
I didn’t even get to say goodbye
I carried your books home from school
Fought many a fight for you
I knew your secrets and you knew mine
Jenny Jean Oh my sweet Jenny Jean
When my girlfriend broke my heart
You helped me to get over her
Told me things that I should have known
Jenny Jean my lovely Jenny Jean
Jenny Jean oh Jenny Jean
Why’d you have to go and die
Jenny Jean oh Jenny Jean
I didn’t even get to say goodbye
Life was sweeter and more fun with you around
Didn’t realize that til I went into the Corps
Letters from you made me laugh out loud
Ease my mind and forget the war.
Jenny Jean oh my Jenny Jean
Best of friends were we, then best of Lovers
Life was so special so wonderful married to you
Most of our whole lives were spent together
Sweet lovely Jenny Jean
My friend, my wife, my mate
I had a whole lifetime with you at 28
And now I’ll have to wait
wait until we meet again at Heaven’s gate
Jenny Jean oh Jenny Jean
Why’d you have to go and die
Jenny Jean oh Jenny Jean
I didn’t even get to say Goodbye
My Sweet Jenny Jean