VERSE 1
In a little rosewood casket
That is resting on th stand
Is a package of ole letters
Written by a cherished hand
Is a package of ole letters
Written by a cherished hand
VERSE 2
Will you get them for me, Sister
An' please read them o'er to me
For of't times I've tried to read them
But for tears I could not see
VERSE 3
Will you tell him when you see him
Him I never more shall see
Tell him that th sweetest solace
Those dear letters were to me
VERSE 4
When I'm dead an' in my coffin
An' my shroud around me is wound
An' my narra bed is ready
In th pleasant churchyard ground
VERSE 5
Place th letters an' th locket
Both together on my heart
But th little ring he gave me
Never from my finger part
VERSE 6
Now I'm ready dearest Sister
Will you read them o'er again
While I listen to you read them
I will lose all sense of pain
VERSE 7
While I listen to your read them
I shall gently fall asleep
Fall alseep, to wake in Jesus
Sweetest Sister, do not weep
Fall asleep to wake in Jesus
Sweetest Sister, do not weep
VARIANTS:
0149 Little Rosewood Casket
0382 Rosewood Casket
0491 Little Rosewood Casket
0837 Little Rosewood Casket
1040 Little Rosewood Casket
1425 Rosewood Casket
1481 Little Rosewood Casket
1545 Little Rosewood Casket
OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: IV-763 The Little Rosewood Casket
Belden: p. 220 Little Rosewood Casket
Brown: II-273 Little Rosewood Casket
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