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The Letter Edged in Black - Hank Snow

I was standing' by my window yesterday morning

Without a thought of worry or of care

When I saw the postman coming' up the pathway

With such a happy face and jolly air

He rang the bell and whistled as he waited

Then he said "Good morning to you Jack"

But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me

As he handed me a letter edged in black

With trembling hand I took this letter from him

I broke the seal and this is what it said:

"Come home my boy your dear old father wants you

Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead "

"The last words your mother ever uttered

Tell my boy I want him to come back

My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking

I'm writing you this letter edged in black "

I bowed my head in sorrow and in sadness

The sunshine of my life it all had fled

Since the post man brought that letter yesterday morning

Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead "

"Forget those angry words that we had spoken

You know I didn't mean them don't you Jack

May the angels bear as witness I am asking

Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black "