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LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Sung by: Mrs. Ben Daugherty Recorded in Cave City, AR 8/24/58 Click here to listen to the original recording Without a thought of worry and of care, And I saw the postman coming down the pathway, Singing with a mighty jaunty air. He rang the bell and whistled while he waited, And then he said, "Good morning to you, Jack." Oh, he little knew the sorrow that he brought me When he handed me a letter edged in black. Then with trembling hands I took the 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, your dear old mother's dead. "The last words your dear mother ever uttered, Was, 'Tell my boy I want him to come home.' My heart is breaking, and I'm sorrowed As I'm writing you this letter edged in black. "I regret the harsh words that was spoken. You know I never meant them, don't you, Jack? Oh, I bow my head in sorrow and I'm weeping As I'm writing you this letter edged in black." As I heard the postman whistling yesterday morning, Coming down the pathway with his pack, He little knew the sorrow that he brought me When he handed me a letter edged in black. Also found in Randolph, Vol. IV, #703. |
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