Lyrics:

1961
Performer Jim Reeves
Title Letter edged in black
Lyrictext

I was standing by my window yesterday morning
Without a thought of sorrow or a care
When I saw the postman coming up the pathway
With such a smiling face and jolly air

He rang the bell and whistled as he waited
And 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 opened it and this is what it said
Come home my boy your dear ol' daddy wants you
Come home my boy your dear ol' mother's dead

The last words your mother ever uttered
Were tell my boy I want him to come back
My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking
As I'm writing 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
Maybe angels bear me witness I am asking
Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black