Cat. #1425 (MFH #356) - As sung by Jim Breeze, Siloam Springs, Arkansas on January 19, 1967
VERSE 1
In a little rosewood casket
Setting on a marble stand
There's a package of love letters
Written by my true love's hand
VERSE 2
Go an' bring them to me, Mother
Come an' set upon my bed
Lay your head upon my pillow
Till my aching heart goes dead
VERSE 3
Read them gently to me Mother
Read them till I fall to sleep
Fall asleep to wake in Heaven
O dear Mother, do not weep
VERSE 4
When I'm dead an' in my coffin
An' my friends are gathered 'round
An' my narrow grave is ready
In some lonesome churchyard ground
VERSE 5
Take th ring from off my finger
Where he placed it long ago
Give it to him as a token
Then in dying I bestow