Little Rosewood Casket

<br>There`s a little Rosewood casket<br>Settin` on a marble stand<br>There`s a package of love letters<br>Written by my true love`s hand<br><br>Go and bring them to me, brother<br>Come and set upon my bed<br>Lay your head upon my pillow<br>While my aching heart grows dead.<br><br>Read them gently to me, brother<br>Read them til I fall asleep<br>Fall asleep to wake in heaven<br>Oh, Dear brother, do not weep.<br><br>Last Sunday I saw her walking<br>With a gentleman by her side<br>And I thought I heard him tell her<br>She was soon to be his bride.<br><br>When I`m dead and in my coffin<br>And my friends have gathered `round<br>And my narrow grave is ready<br>In some lonesome churchyard ground.<br><br>There`s a little Rosewood casket<br>Settin` on a marble stand<br>There`s a package of love letters<br>Written by my true love`s hand.