Letter Edged in Black

Letter Edged in Black (黑色的字母) - Johnny Horton

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 bell and whistled as he waited

Then he smiled and said good morning to you Jack

But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me

When he handed me a letter edged in black

With trembling hand I took this letter from him

I open this and here what it said

Come home my boy your dear old father need you

Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead

The last words your mother ever uttered

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

I bowed my head in sadness and in sorrow

The sunshine of my life it all had fled

When the post man brought that letter yesterday morning

Saying come home my boy your dear old mother's dead

For those words I'm sorry they were spoken

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

May the angels bear as witness I am asking

Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black