[00:00.000] 作词 : Roy Carter
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Roy Carter
[00:04.427]I was standin' by my window yesterday morning
[00:11.454]Without a thought of sorrow or of care
[00:17.170]When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway
[00:23.669]With such a smiling face and jolly air.
[00:29.997]He rang the bell and whistled as he waited
[00:36.688]Then he said; "Good morning to you, Jack"
[00:42.585]But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
[00:48.900]When he handed me a letter edged in black.
[00:55.740]With trembling hands I took the letter from him
[01:02.205]I open it and sifted what it said:
[01:08.340]"Come home my boy, your dear old daddy wants you
[01:14.465]Come home my boy, your dear old mother's dead."
[01:27.698]"The last words your mother ever uttered
[01:34.442]Tell my boy I want him to come back
[01:40.626]My eyes are blurred, my poor old heart is breaking
[01:46.854]As, I write to you this letter edged in black."
[01:53.454]"Those angry words I wish I'd never spoken
[02:00.282]You know I didn't mean them, don't you, Jack
[02:06.056]May the angels bear me witness, I am asking
[02:12.692]Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black."...

作词 : Roy Carter
作曲 : Roy Carter
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."
"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."...