Think of me when I am away, and I will think of you.

Yes, Mattie, I am only a sailor now, but I shall see the world, and that's what I want, because it will make me something better.

It will be three years before we meet again; three long, long years.

But I will think of you and dream of you through all that time.

And I will be so happy when the day of our meeting comes.