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"Is there any mail for me?" |
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Was the question that he asked of the postman at the closing of the day. |
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Then he turned away and sighed, while a tear stood in his eye, |
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As he bowed his head and slowly walked away. |
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Was it from a gray-haired mother? Or a sister or a brother? |
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Had he waited all those many years in vain? |
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From the early morning light, he would watch 'til dark of night |
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For the letter, but, at last, it never came. |
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So one day upon the shore, he was found, but life was o'er - |
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His poor soul, it must have gone out with the tide. |
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In his hand they found a note with the last words that he wrote: |
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"Should a letter come, please place it by my side!" |
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Was it from a gray-haired mother? Or a sister or a brother? |
| [01:27.104] |
Had he waited all those many years in vain? |
| [01:33.104] |
From the early morning light, he would watch 'til dark of night |
| [01:39.354] |
For the letter, but, at last, it never came. |
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Sweet flowers twine around the tombstone o'er his mound, |
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Upon which was scrawled his age, also his name. |
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Many years have gone, they say, since his spirit passed away, |
| [02:27.605] |
But the letter that he longed for never came. |
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Was it from a gray-haired mother? Or a sister or a brother? |
| [02:40.104] |
Had he waited all those many years in vain? |
| [02:45.855] |
From the early morning light, he would watch 'til dark of night |
| [02:52.604] |
For the letter, but, at last, it never came. |
