Little Rosewood Casket

[Verse 1]
In a little rosewood casket
Resting on a marble stand
Is a packet of old letters
Written by my true love's hand

[Verse 2]
Will you go and get them, sister?
Will you read them o'er to me?
I have often tried to read them
But for tears, I could not see

[Verse 3]
You have got them now, dear sister
Come sit down upon my bed
And press gently to your bosom
My poor, throbbing, aching head

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Read those precious lines so slowly
Do not miss a single one
For the cherished hand that wrotе them
His last work for me is done

[Verse 5]
Tеll him that I never blamed him
Though to me, he proved untrue
Tell him that I'll ne'er forget him
Till I bid this world adieu

[Verse 6]
Please tell him I still love him
Not an unkind word was spoke
Tell, oh, tell him, sister, tell him
That my heart, in sadness, broke

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 7]
Place his letters and his locket
All together o'er my heart
But the little ring he gave me
From my finger ne'er shall part

[Verse 8]
You have finished now, dear sister
Will you read them o'er again?
While I listen to you read them
I will lose all sense of pain

[Verse 9]
While I listen to you read them
I will gently fall asleep
Fall asleep to wake in Jesus
Oh dear sister, do not weep

[Verse 10]
When I'm dead and in my coffin
And my shroud lies 'round me bound
Then my narrow bed is waiting
In the quiet churchyard ground