Dry Branch Fire Squad - He's Coming To Us Dead lyrics

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One morning when the office was opened

A man quite old in years

Entered the express office

Showing signs of grief and tears

And when the clerk approached him

The old man then did say

I'm waiting for my boy, sir

He's coming home today

Well. you have made a silly mistake

And you must surely know

This is the telegraph office, Sir

And not a town depot

If your boy is coming home

The clerk did smile and say

You'll find him with the passengers, Sir

At the station just all the way

You do not understand me, Sir

The old man shook his head

He's not a-coming as a passenger

But by express instead

He's coming home to mother

The old man softly said

He's coming home in a casket, Sir

He's coming to us dead

Then a whistle pierced their ears

The express train someone cry

The old man rose in a breathless haste

And quickly rushed outside

Then a long white casket

Was lowered to the ground

The scene was filled with the grief and pain

Of those who gathered around

Do not treat him harshly, boys

It contains our darling Jack

He went away as you boys are

This way he's coming back

He broke his poor old mother's heart

Her fears have all come true

She said, it's the way that he'd come back

If he joined the boys in blue