Lyr Req: The Letter Edged in Black

Subject: letter edged in black
From:
Date: 26 Jun 97 - 11:45 PM

looking for the words to the song - "the letter edged in black"

greatly appreciated

colin hood

Subject: RE: letter edged in black
From: Gene
Date: 27 Jun 97 - 03:48 AM

go to http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie

R/Robbins.....or use SONG FINDER....

Subject: Lyr Add: A SONG FOR FOLK-LEGACY (Bob Clayton)
From: Bob Clayton
Date: 27 Jun 97 - 01:04 PM

Well, since you've been directed to the proper words, here are some, very dear to my heart, which might get a chuckle from at least the older folkies out there. This will probably be in DT in a future edition, but here it is now.

A SONG FOR FOLK-LEGACY
(A Record Edged in Black)

I was standing by my window one fine morning,
Without a thought of worry or of care,
When I saw the postman coming up the pathway
With such a jolly face and jaunty air.
He rang the bell and whistled while he waited,
And then he said, " Good morning to you, Jack!"
But he little knew the happiness he brought me
When he handed me that record edged in black.

With trembling hands I took the record from him;
I opened it and put it on to play.
When I heard that old-time singer with his banjo,
It changed my very life right from that day.
I didn't know a thing about the singer.
As I read the liner notes from front to back,
And the only song I recognized, "Tom Dooley,"
On that wonderful first record edged in black.

Now, since that time, I've heard a lot of music,
And I learned to sing and play a bit, myself,
From those wonderful singers and musicians
In that stack of black-bound records on the shelf.
But you've got to get the customer's attention
As he browses through the old folk record rack.
So it's been two dozen years, or even longer,
Since I've seen a brand new record edged in black.

I know you can't return to days back yonder.
The world turns toward the morning, so they say.
But I, for one, would not be too unhappy
If a few things never changed from day to day.
I'd like to see the postman one fine morning,
Coming up the pathway with his pack,
He'd never know the happiness he'd bring me
If he handed me a record edged in black.

Copyright © 1986 by Bob Clayton

Subject: RE: letter edged in black
From: RS
Date: 28 Jun 97 - 09:17 AM

To Gene - What is SONG FINDER ?

Subject: RE: letter edged in black
From: Susan of DT
Date: 28 Jun 97 - 11:08 PM

If you search for [edged in black] in the database, you will find both the Letter Edged in Black and Song for Folk Legacy