[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:08.74]I was standin' by my window yesterday morning [00:17.12]Without a thought of worry or of care [00:24.65]When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway [00:32.93]With such a happy face and jolly air [00:40.81]He rang the bell and whistled as he waited [00:48.79]And then he said good morning to you jack [00:56.22]But he little knew the sorrow he had brought me [01:03.95]As he handed me a letter edged in black [01:12.38]With trembling hand I took this letter from him [01:20.02]I broke the seal and this is what it said [01:27.86]Come home my boy your dear old father wants you [01:35.61]Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead [01:43.49]The last words your mother ever uttered [01:51.37]Tell my boy I want him to come back [01:59.12]My eyes are blurred my poor old heart is breaking [02:06.53]Why I'm writing you this letter edged in black [02:14.79]I bowed my head in sorrow and in sadness [02:22.60]The sunshine of my life it all had fled [02:29.93]Scene the post man brought that letter yesterday morning [02:37.77]Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead [02:45.99]Those angry words that we had never spoken [02:53.71]You know I didn't mean them don't you jack [03:01.16]May the angels bear as witness I am asking [03:08.82]Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black