The Letter Edged In Black

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 smiling face and jolly air
 He rang the doorbell and he whistled as he waited
 He smiled and said good morning to you Jack
 But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
 As he handed me a letter edged in black
 Continúa después del anuncio
 Then with trembling hands I took the letter from him
 I opened it and this is what it said
 Come home my boy your dear old father needs you
 Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead
 Those words the last your mother ever uttered
 Were tell my boy I want him to come back
 My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking
 As I'm writing you this letter edged in black
 Then I bowed my head and in silence and in sorrow
 The sunshine in my life it all had left
 Since the postman brought that letter yesterday morning
 Saying come home my boy your dear old mother's dead
 Those harsh words I'm sorry they were never spoken
 You know I didn't mean them don't you Jack
 The angels bear me witness I am asking
 Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black