Dear Warden Wrote A Mother, How Much Longer Must I Wait

Before You Send My Boy Home To Me

She Didn't Know The Angels Had Unlocked The Prison Gates

The One She Loved At Last Had Been Set Free



The Warden Read The Letter And Then He Softly Cried

As With These Words The Sorrow He Replied

There's Little Box Of Pine On The Seven Twenty Nine

A Bringing Back A Lost Sheep To The Fold

For A Pardon From Above Has Returned The One You Loved

A Sadder Story Never Has Been Told



Tho' He's Taking His Last Ride Never More This World To Roam

On His Face There Is A Smile For He Knows He's Going Home

There's A Little Box Of Pine On The Seven Twenty Nine

A Bringing Back A Lost Sheep To The Fold



The Church Was Filled With Loved Ones As The Service Did Begin

His Broken Hearted Mom And Dad Were There

The Preacher Told The Story What A Good Boy He Had Been

For One Mistake, The Price Is So Unfair



He Oft Sang In The Choir While The Organ Softly Played

And In This Very Church He Always Prayed

Now In The Valley There Are Tears After All These Lonely Years

The Black Sheep Has Been Sent Back To The Fold

For A Pardon From Above Has Returned The One You Love

A Sadder Story Never Has Been Told



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