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Composer: Roy Carter

Jim Reeves - The Letter Edged in Black lyrics



I was standin' by my window yesterday morning
Without a thought of sorrow or of care
When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway
With such a smiling 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 that he brought me
When he handed me a letter edged in black.

With trembling hands I took the letter from him
I open it and sifted what it said:
"Come home my boy, your dear old daddy wants you
Come home my boy, your dear old mother's dead."

--- Instrumental ---

"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
As, I write to you this letter edged in black."

"Those angry words I wish I'd never spoken
You know I didn't mean them, don't you, Jack
May the angels bear me witness, I am asking
Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black."...
Songs list of album: Tall Tales and Short Tempers (1961)
         Title Rating
01   The Blizzard lyrics   -
02   The Streets of Laredo lyrics   -
03    That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Rodger Young lyrics   -
05   The Fool's Paradise lyrics   -
06   It's Nothin' to Me lyrics   -
07   The Mighty Everglades lyrics   -
08   Danny Boy lyrics   -
09   The Letter Edged in Black lyrics   -
10   The Tie That Binds lyrics   -
11   The Wreck of the Number Nine lyrics   -
 

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