Letter Edged In Black Lyrics - Marty Robbins

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 

Then he said; "Good morning to you, Jack" 

But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me 

When 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." 

I bowed my head in sorrow and in sadness 

The sunshine of my life, it all had fled 

When the post man brought that letter yesterday morning 

"Saying 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 

So, I'm writing you this letter edged in black." 

"Forget those angry words that we had 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."