Three Wonderful Letters From Home
Composer(s): Joe Goodwin - Ballard MacDonald - James F. Hanley



Three letters left a village bound for somewhere over there 
three letters to a lonesome soldier lad each one a loving story told
each one was worth its weight in gold 
three messages that made his poor heart glad

Each word was like a soft caress that soothed his aching heart 
and drove away the misery and the pain 
then joy returned to take their place and brought a vision of each face 
as over and over he read their words again

For the first was just old fashioned, and it breathed a mother's prayer 
while the next one started "Darling, God protect you over there" 
and the third was filled with kisses, send to Daddy across the foam
from his mother, wife and baby, three wonderful letters from home