Lyrics of The letter edged in black

I was standin' by my window yesterday morning
Without a thought of sorrow or of care
When i saw the postman comin' up the pathway
With such a smiling face and jolly air.

He rang the bell and whistled as he waited
Then he said; "good morning to you, jack"
But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
When he handed me a letter edged in black.

With trembling hands i took the letter from him
I open it and sifted what it said:
"come home my boy, your dear old daddy wants you
Come home my boy, your dear old mother's dead."

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"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 write to you this letter edged in black."

"those angry words i wish i'd never spoken
You know i didn't mean them, don't you, jack
May the angels bear me witness, i am asking
Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black."