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[Verse 1]
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I was standin' by my window yesterday morning
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Without a thought of worry or of care
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When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway
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With such a happy face and jolly air
[Verse 2]
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He rang the bell and whistled as he waited
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Then he said; "Good morning to you, Jack"
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But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me
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When he handed me a letter edged in black
[Verse 3]
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With trembling hand I took this letter from him
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I broke the seal and this is what it said:
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"Come home my boy, your dear old father wants you
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Come home my boy, your dear old mother's dead"
[Verse 4]
D A
I bowed my head in sorrow and in sadness
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The sunshine of my life, it all had fled
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When the post man brought that letter yesterday morning
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"Saying come home my boy, your dear old mother's dead"
[Verse 5]
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"The last words your mother ever uttered:
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Tell my boy I want him to come back
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My eyes are blurred, my poor old heart is breaking
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So, I'm writing you this letter edged in black"
[Verse 6]
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"Forget those angry words that we have spoken
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You know I didn't mean them, don't you, Jack
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May the angels bear as witness, I am asking
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Your for-giveness in this letter edged in black"
