The Letter Edged In Black

The Letter Edged In Black - Hank Snow

I was standin' by my window yesterday morning

Without a thought of worry or of care

When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway

With such a happy face and jolly air

He rang the bell and whistled as he waited

And then he said good morning to you jack

But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me

As he handed me a letter edged in black

With trembling hand I took this letter from him

I broke the seal and this is what it said

Come home my boy your dear old father wants 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

Why I'm writing you this letter edged in black

I bowed my head in sorrow and in sadness

The sunshine of my life it all had fled

Scene the post man brought that letter yesterday morning

Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead

Those angry words that we had never 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