Jim Reeves – The Letter Edged In Black (Guitar)

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I was standin' by my window yesterday morning

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Without a thought of sorrow or of care

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When I saw the postman coming up the pathway

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With such a smiling face and jolly air

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He rang the bell and whistled as he waited

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And then he said; "Good morning to you Jack"

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But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me

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When he handed me a letter edged in black

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With trembling hands I took the letter from him

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I open it and this is what it said..

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"Come home my boy, your dear old daddy wants you

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Come home my boy, your dear ole,  mother's dead"

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"The last words your mother ever uttered

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For tell my boy I want him to come back

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My eyes are blurred, my poor old heart is breaking

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As, I'm writing you, this letter edged in black"

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"Those angry words I wish I'd never spoken

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You know I didn't mean them, don't you Jack

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May the angels bear me witness, I am asking

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Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black"