The Letter Edged in Black-Roy Acuff

[ti:The Letter Edged In Black] [ar:Roy Acuff] [al:Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Letter Edged in Black - Roy Acuff [00:07.60]I was standin' by my window yesterday morning [00:14.09] [00:14.99]Without a thought of worry or of care [00:20.60] [00:21.53]When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway [00:27.77] [00:28.87]With such a happy face and jolly air [00:34.33] [00:35.24]He rang the bell and whistled as he waited [00:41.66] [00:42.95]Then he said; "Good morning to you Jack" [00:48.28] [00:48.91]But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me [00:55.68]When he handed me a letter edged in black [01:02.14] [01:09.42]With trembling hand I took this letter from him [01:15.84] [01:16.46]I broke the seal and this is what it said: [01:21.61] [01:23.18]"Come home my boy your dear old father wants you [01:29.06] [01:30.00]Come home my boy your old mother's dear dead " [01:35.69] [01:36.71]Your mother's words The last she ever uttered [01:42.87] [01:43.97]Tell my boy I want him to come back [01:49.39] [01:50.46]My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking [01:56.41] [01:56.93]So I'm writing you this letter edged in black " [02:02.91] [02:10.88]I bowed my head in sadness and in sorrow [02:16.77] [02:17.80]The sunshine of my life it all had fled [02:23.02] [02:23.75]Since the post man brought [02:25.89]That letter yesterday morning [02:30.57]"Saying come home my boy [02:32.75]Your old mother's dear dead " [02:36.62] [02:37.42]Always we said Forget those angry words [02:40.89]That we had spoken [02:43.52] [02:44.49]You know I never mean them don't you Jack [02:50.74]May the angels bear as witness I am asking [02:56.74] [02:57.26]Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black