the office had opened
a man quite old in years
Entered the express office
showing signs of grief and fear
As the clerk approached him
his trembling words can say
I'm waiting for my boy, sir
in station across the way

You have made a slight mistake
and you must surely know
This is the express office,
not a town depot
If your son is coming home
With Smiles the clerk did say
You'll find him with the passengers
at the station just over the way

You do not understand me, sir
trembling old man said
He's coming home in a casket, sir
he's coming to home to his death

He broken his poor mother's heart
her warning has come true
She said, he come home dead to us when he joined the boys in blue

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