The Letter Edged In Black-Hank Thompson/Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys

[ti:The Letter Edged In Black] [ar:Hank Thompson] [al:Songs Of The Brazos Valley] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Letter Edged In Black - Hank Thompson/Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys [00:07.38]I was standing by my window yesterday morning [00:14.56]Without a thought of worry or of care [00:20.01] [00:20.69]When I saw the postman coming up the pathway [00:27.95]With such a smiling face and jolly air [00:34.16]He rang the doorbell and he whistled as he waited [00:41.44]He smiled and said good morning to you jack [00:47.25] [00:48.04]But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me [00:54.77]As he handed me a letter edged in black [01:00.35] [01:01.43]Then with trembling hands I took the letter from him [01:08.82]I opened it and this is what it said [01:14.84] [01:15.40]Come home my boy your dear old father needs you [01:21.72] [01:22.30]Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead [01:28.34] [01:29.19]Those words the last your mother ever uttered [01:35.89]Were tell my boy I want him to come back [01:41.96] [01:42.61]My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking [01:49.31]As I'm writing you this letter edged in black [01:55.44] [01:56.19]Then I bowed my head in silence and in sorrow [02:03.45]The sunshine in my life it all had left [02:09.22] [02:09.75]Since the postman brought that letter yesterday morning [02:16.44]Saying come home my boy your dear old mother's dead [02:22.91] [02:23.91]Those harsh words I'm sorry they were spoken [02:31.17]You know I didn't mean them don't you jack [02:37.10] [02:37.83]The angels bear me witness I am asking [02:44.25]Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black