There's a little rosewood casket    Resting on a marble stand    With a packet of old love letters    Written by my true love's hand    Go and bring them to me, sister    Read them o'er for me tonight    I have often tried by could not    For the tears that filled my eyes       When I'm dead and in my casket    When I gently fall asleep    Fall asleep to wake in heaven    Dearest sister do not weep       Take his letters and his locket    Place them gently on my heart    But this golden ring that he gave me    From my finger never part       Repeat Chorus