The Letter Edged In Black Lyrics

The song The Letter Edged In Black is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named Personal File in the year 2006 .



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."



Johnny Cash - Personal File

May 2006

  1. The Letter Edged In Black
  2. There's A Mother Always Waiting At Home
  3. The Engineer's Dying Child
  4. My Mother Was A Lady
  5. The Winding Stream
  6. Far Away Places
  7. Galway Bay
  8. When I Stop Dreaming
  9. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
  10. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
  11. Missouri Waltz
  12. Louisiana Man
  13. Paradise
  14. I Don't Believe You Wanted to Leave
  15. Jim, I Wore A Tie Today
  16. Saginaw, Michigan
  17. Girl In Saskatoon
  18. The Cremation Of Sam McGee
  19. It's All Over
  20. A Fast Song
  21. Virgie
  22. I Wanted So
  23. Seal It In My Heart And Mind
  24. Wildwood In The Pines
  25. Who At My Door Is Standing
  26. Have Thine Own Way Lord
  27. Lights Of Magdala
  28. If Jesus Ever Loved A Woman
  29. The Lily Of The Valley
  30. Have A Drink Of Water
  31. The Way Worn Traveler
  32. Look Unto The East
  33. Matthew 24 (Is Knocking At The Door)
  34. The House Is Falling Down
  35. One Of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down And Talk To Paul
  36. What On Earth (Will You Do For Heaven's Sake)
  37. My Children Walk In The Truth
  38. Sanctified
  39. Lord, Lord, Lord
  40. What Is Man
  41. A Half A Mile A Day
  42. Life's Railway To Heaven

The Letter Edged In Black