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Key: Ab major
Verse 1
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I was standin' by my
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Window yesterday morning
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Without a thought of worry or regret
When I saw the postman
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Comin' down the pathway
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He was bringin' me a
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letter edged in black
Verse 2
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Well, he rang the bell and
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Whistled as he waited
Then he said "Good mornin' to ya,
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Jack"
But he never knew the sorrow
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That he brought me
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When he handed me that
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letter edged in black
Verse 3
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With trembling hand I took
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The letter from him
I broke the seal and this
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is what it said:
"Come home my boy
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Your dear old father wants you
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Come home my boy
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Your dear old mother's dead"
The last words that your
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Mother ever uttered was:
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"Tell my boy I want him to come back
My eyes are dim
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My poor old heart is breaking
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And, I'm writing you this
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Letter edged in black"
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I bowed my head in sorrow and in silence
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The sunshine of my life, it all has fled
Since the postman brought
That letter yesterday
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Eb
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Morning saying "come home my boy
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Your poor old mother's dead"
Verse 4
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"Those angry words I wish
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I'd never spoken
You know I never meant them, don't you
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Jack?
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Ab
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May the angels bear me wit ness,
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Db
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I am asking
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Your forgiveness in this letter
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