Little Rosewood Casket Chords by Mac Wiseman

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_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ In a little rosewood casket, resting on a marble stand,
Is a packet [G] of [D] old letters, written [A] by my true [D] love's hand.
Will you go [A] and get [D] them, sister? _
Will you [A] read them [D] all to me? _
I have oft [G] I've [D] tried to read them, [A] but for tears I could [D] not see. _
You have got them now, dear sister. _
Come sit down upon my bed, _
And press [G] gently to [D] your _ bosom, [A] my poor throbbing, [D] aching head. _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Read those precious [A] lines [D] so slowly, do not miss [A] a single [D] one.
_ For the [G] cherished hand [D] that wrote them, his [A] last work for me [D] is done.
Tell him that [A] I never [D] blamed him, though to me [A] he proved [D] untrue.
_ Tell him that [G] I'll never [D] forget him, till [A] I bid this world [D] adieu. _
Please tell [A] him I [D] still love him, not an [A] unkind [D] word was spoke.
Tell, oh tell [G] him, [D] sister, tell him [A] that my heart in [D] sadness broke. _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Place his [A] letters and [D] his locket all together [A] o'er [D] my heart.
But the little [G] ring [D] he gave me, from [A] my finger there [D] shall part.
You have [A] finished now, [D] dear sister. _
Will you read [A] them all [D] again? _
While I listen [G] to [D] you read them, [A] I will lose all [D] sense of pain.
While I [A] listen to [D] you read them, I will [A] gently [D] fall asleep.
Fall asleep, [G] do [D] wake in Jesus, [A] oh dear sister, do [D] not weep.
When I'm dead and in my coffin, _ and my shroud [A] lies round [D] me found,
Then my narrow [G] bed [D] is waiting _ in the [A] quiet churchyard ground. _
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