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Johnny Cash
Album: Personal File - Disc 1 (Legacy Recordings)
Track: The Letter Edged in Black

The Letter Edged in Black Lyrics

(H. Nevada)

'I was standin' by my window yesterday 'mornin'
Without a thought of worry or 'regret
When I saw the postman, comin' down the 'pathway
He was 'bringin' me a letter, edged in 'black

Well, he rang the bell and whistled while he waited
Then he said, good morning to you Jack
But he never knew the sorrow that he brought me
When he handed me that letter, edged in black

With tremblin' hand, I took the 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 that your Mother ever uttered
Was, tell my boy, I want him to come back
My eyes are dim, my poor old heart is breakin'
And I'm writing you this letter, edged in black

I bowed my head in sorrow and in silence
The sunshine of my life, it all has fled
Since the postman brought that letter, yesterday mornin'
Sayin', come home my boy, your poor Old Mother's dead

Those angry words, I wish, I'd never spoken
You know, I never meant them, don't you Jack
May the angels bear me witness, I am asking
Your forgiveness in this letter, edged in black

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