I read a note my grandma wrote back in 1923   Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me   He said, now son, you might not understand,   but a long, long time ago   Grandma's daddy didn't like me none,    but I loved your grandma so      We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together   Get married in the first town we came to and live forever   But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead   I found this letter, and this is what it said      If you get there before I do, don't give up on me   I'll meet you when my chores are through   I don't know how long I'll be,    But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see   'Cuz between now and then till I see you again    I'll be loving you   Love, me      I read these words just hours before   my grandma passed away,   In the doorway of the church where me and grandpa    stopped to pray   I know I'd never seen him cry, in all my fifteen years   But as he said these words to her,   his eyes filled up with tears      If you get there before I do, don't give up on me   I'll meet you when my chores are through   I don't know how long I'll be,    But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see   'Cuz between now and then till I see you again    I'll be loving you   Love, me