G5       C5
In a little Rosewood casket 
               G5    C5
In the hall up- on a stand 
                     F5        C5
There's a package of old love letters 
        G5               C5
Written by a true love's hand. 
 
Won't you go and get them , sister 
Read them o'er to me tonight 
I have tried so hard to read them 
But the tears, they blind my sight. 
 
Place his letters and his picture 
Both together by my heart 
With a little ring he gave me 
>From my finger ne'er shall part. 
 
When I'm dead and in my casket 
And deep in my grave I live 
I want to be there close beside him 
When they lay me down to die.