NO LETTER TODAY
(Frankie Brown)

Ted Daffan

Also recorded by : Gene Autry; Anita Carter; Wilf Carter;
Rosemary Clooney; The Dinning Sisters; Bill Haley; Smiley Lewis;
Les Paul; Hank Snow; The Stanley Brothers; 
Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadors; Wesley Tuttle;
The Wilburn Brothers; Hank Williams Jr.


No letter today.
I have waited since dawn,
I've waited each day
Since you have been gone,
No letter today
All the days are so long
Oh why don't you write,  
I know I was wrong. 
Just give me one chance
Please won't you forgive
I'll love you, my dear
As long as I live
I know it's no use
Tho' I hope and I pray,
The postman goes by,
No letter today.

[steele guitar]

Just give me one chance
Please won't you forgive
I'll love you, my dear
As long as I live
I know it's no use
Tho' I hope and I pray,
The postman goes by,
No letter today.

(Contributed by Ray Gill - May 2003)


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PARODY VERSION


No letter today.
I have waited since dawn,
I sit here staring
And I feel like a pawn.
All the days are so long
Oh why don't you write,  
I sit here waiting and
Getting up tight. 
I've waited each day
Since you've been online
Each day I get mail,
My mornings are fine.
Just give me one chance
Please won't you forgive.
I'll write you each day 
As long as I live.
Tho' I hope and I pray,
Your key board won't fail
I'll keep checking my screen for
You've got MAIL!


(Contributed by Lloyd Gardiner - January 2005)


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