《He Is Coming to Us Dead》歌词

[00:00:00] He Is Coming to Us Dead - Grayson

[00:00:20] One morning when the office was opened

[00:00:22] A man quite old in years

[00:00:25] Entered the express office

[00:00:27] Showing signs of grief and tears

[00:00:30] And when the clerk approached him

[00:00:32] The old man then did say

[00:00:35] I'm waiting for my boy sir

[00:00:37] He's coming home today

[00:00:49] Well you have made a silly mistake

[00:00:52] And you must surely know

[00:00:54] This is the telegraph office sir

[00:00:57] And not a town depot

[00:00:59] If your boy is coming home

[00:01:02] The clerk did smile and say

[00:01:04] You'll find him with the passengers sir

[00:01:07] At the station just all the way

[00:01:27] You do not understand me sir

[00:01:30] The old man shook his head

[00:01:32] He's not a-coming as a passenger

[00:01:35] But by express instead

[00:01:46] He's coming home to mother

[00:01:48] The old man softly said

[00:01:50] He's coming home in a casket sir

[00:01:53] He's coming to us dead

[00:01:56] Then a whistle pierced their ears

[00:01:58] The express train someone cry

[00:02:00] The old man rose in a breathless haste

[00:02:03] And quickly rushed outside

[00:02:14] Then a long white casket

[00:02:16] Was lowered to the ground

[00:02:18] The scene was filled with the grief and pain

[00:02:21] Of those who gathered around

[00:02:23] Do not treat him harshly boys

[00:02:26] It contains our darling jack

[00:02:28] He went away as you boys are

[00:02:30] This way he's coming back

[00:02:33] He broke his poor old mother's heart

[00:02:36] Her fears have all come true

[00:02:38] She said its the way that he'd come back

[00:02:40] If he joined the boys in blue