Little rosewood casket Chords

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[Verse 1]
There's a [G#]little rosewood casket
[Eb]sit [Ab]ting on a marble stand.
There's a [Ab]package [Dm]of l[Am]ove le[G#]tters
written by my true love's hand.
Will you go and get them, [Am]brother?
[G#]Come sit down beside my bed.
Lay [G#]your head upon my [G#]pil low,
for my heart is almost dead.
I will listen while you read them,
and [G#]per haps may fall asleep.
[G#]Fall asleep to wake with Jesus,
dearest brother, do not sleep.
Last night I caught him nodding
with a lady by his side,
[G#]and I thought I heard him tell her
that she could not be his bride.
Go and meet him at the gateway.
Go and meet him at the door.
[Ab]Tell him that I will forgi[Bb]ve him[Ab]
if he'll court that girl no more.
Come and bless me to your bosom.
Let me gaze into your eyes.
Come and kiss your darling sister,
oh it is so hard [Ab]to die.
When I'm dead and in my casket,
and my friends be crowded round,
My poor [Ab]body may be hollowed
in some lonesome church[Ab]yard ground.