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[ti:The Letter Edged In Black]
[ar:Hank Thompson]
[al:Songs Of The Brazos Valley]
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[00:00.000]The Letter Edged In Black - Hank Thompson/Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
[00:07.381]I was standing by my window yesterday morning
[00:14.565]Without a thought of worry or of care
[00:20.691]When I saw the postman coming up the pathway
[00:27.953]With such a smiling face and jolly air
[00:34.167]He rang the doorbell and he whistled as he waited
[00:41.442]He smiled and said good morning to you jack
[00:48.041]But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
[00:54.772]As he handed me a letter edged in black
[01:01.436]Then with trembling hands I took the letter from him
[01:08.820]I opened it and this is what it said
[01:15.409]Come home my boy your dear old father needs you
[01:22.307]Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead
[01:29.193]Those words the last your mother ever uttered
[01:35.892]Were tell my boy I want him to come back
[01:42.619]My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking
[01:49.315]As I'm writing you this letter edged in black
[01:56.197]Then I bowed my head in silence and in sorrow
[02:03.451]The sunshine in my life it all had left
[02:09.750]Since the postman brought that letter yesterday morning
[02:16.445]Saying come home my boy your dear old mother's dead
[02:23.917]Those harsh words I'm sorry they were spoken
[02:31.171]You know I didn't mean them don't you jack
[02:37.830]The angels bear me witness I am asking
[02:44.251]Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black