Cat. #0149 (MFH #356) - As sung by Mrs. Sam "Iva" Haslett, West Plains, Missouri on July 31, 1958
VERSE 1
In a little rosewood casket
That is resting on my stand
There's a package of old letters
Written by a lovers hand
VERSE 2
Will you go an' get them sister
Read them all to me tonight
I have oft times tried, but could not
For th tears would blind my sight
VERSE 3
Come up closer to me sister
Let me lean upon your breast
For th tide of life is ebbing
And I soon will be at rest
VERSE 4
Bring th letters he has written
He whose voice I've often heard
Read them over to me sister
For I've cherished every word
VERSE 5
Tell him sister, if you see him
That I never ceased to love
That I dying prayed to meet him
In a better world above
VERSE 6
Tell him, that I never blamed him
N'er a word of censor spoke
But his silence and his absense
This poor heart with sorrow broke