Doc Watson – Hes Coming To Us Dead (Guitar)

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One Morning When The Office Had Opened A Man Came

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Over Here To The Express Office Showing Signs Of

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Grief And Tear And When The Clerk Approached Him

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With Trembling Words To Say I'm Waiting For My Boy

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Sir He's Coming Home Today

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Now You Have Made A Sad Mistake For Surely You

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Know This Is A Telegraph Office Sir It's Not The

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Town Depo And If Your Boy Is Coming Home It's

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Perfectly Mild To Say You'll Find Him With The

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Passengers At The Station Just Over The Way

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You Do Not Understand Me Sir The Old Man Shook His

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Head He Won't Be Coming As A Passenger But By

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Express He Said He's Coming Home To Mother The Old

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Man Gently Said He's Coming Home In A Casket Sir

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He's Coming To Us Dead

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Just Then A Whistle Pierced The Air The Express

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Came In On Time Then The Old Man Rose In A

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Breathless Speech And Quickly Rushed Outside And

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Then A Long White Casket Was Lowered To The Ground

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And It Drew The Signs Of Grief And Tear From Those

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Who Gathered Round Do Not Use Him Roughly Boys It

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Contains Our Darling Jack He Went Away Just As You

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Boys Are This Way He's Coming Back It's Broke His

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Poor Ole Mothers Heart Her Saying Has Come True

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This Is The Way He'll Come Back If He Joins The

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Boys In Blue