The Letter That Never Reached Home
Composer(s): Edgar Leslie - Bernie Grossman - Archie Gottler



Just after the fray where brave soldiers lay upon the field
their comrades came to carry them away 
they picked up a note some poor fellow wrote 
they read it with a tear dimmed
eye 'twas a soldier's last good bye

He's only just one a husband or son who knows 
but what he left before his work on earth was done 
but some one may yearn for some one's return 
and never know just where he went or the message that he sent

Just an old fashioned letter that lay on the ground 
it came from a soldier boy's heart 
before he ever could send it he had to end it 
"I love you" was all he could start 
It was found without an address not even a name, so his message will never be known
only God in His might, know's who waiting tonight for the letter that never reached home