Jim Reeves - The Letter Edged in Black Lyrics

Lyrics The Letter Edged in Black - Jim Reeves



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."
--- Instrumental ---
"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."...



Writer(s): Roy Carter


Jim Reeves - The Country Collection, Vol. 2
Album The Country Collection, Vol. 2
date of release
28-10-2013

1 Dark Moon
2 Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
3 Take Me In Your Arms and Hold Me
4 I'm Getting Better
5 Almost
6 You're Free to Go
7 You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)
8 Have I Stayed Away to Long
9 No One To Cry To
10 I'm Was Just Walkin' out the Door
11 Room Full Of Roses
12 We Could
13 The Streets of Laredo
14 That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
15 The Fool's Paradise
16 It's Nothin' To Me
17 The Mighty Everglades
18 The Letter Edged in Black
19 The Tie That Binds
20 The Wreck of the Number Nine
21 Trouble In The Amen Corner
22 I'm Waiting for the Ships That Never Come In
23 Annabel Lee
24 The Gun
25 The Farmer and the Lord
26 Shifting Whispering Sands
27 Old Tige
28 Why Do I Love You (Melody of Love)
29 (Far Away Feelin') The Spell of the Yukon
30 Men With Broken Hearts
31 Too Many Parties Too Many Pals
32 Seven Days
33 Waiting For a Train
34 I Won't Forget You
35 My Lips Are Sealed
36 Most of the Time
37 When Two Worlds Collide
38 Yonder Comes a Sucker
39 A Fallen Star
40 Highway To Nowhere
41 Have You Ever Been Lonely
42 There's Always Me
43 Just Walking In The Rain
44 Be Honest With Me
45 It's No Sin
46 Am I That Easy to Forget
47 Blue Skies
48 All Dressed Up And Lonely
49 I'm A Fool To Care
50 Have Thine Own Way Lord
51 The Night Watch
52 Oh Gentle Shepherd
53 Ill Follow You
54 Give Me One More Kiss
55 My Rambling Heart
56 Red Eyed and Rowdy
57 Beatin' On A Ding Dong
58 The Wilder Your Heart Beats
59 Are You the One
60 Tahiti
61 Bolandse Nooientjie (Beautiful Dreamer)
62 Ek Verlang Na Jou
63 Die Ou Kalahari
64 I Love You
65 Two Shadows On Your Window
66 Overnight
67 Blue Boy
68 What Would You Do?
69 Losing Your Love
70 A Letter To My Heart
71 I'm Gonna Change Everything




Attention! Feel free to leave feedback.