Aunt Mary wrote that she & Aunt Freeda remember their Grandma Daisy Axsom singing Little Rosewood Casket.

found a youtube link....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO_f2xp3soE

couldn't find the lyrics on lyrics.com.....no one had published them.

it was written in 1870, first recorded in 1920, often considered a folk song. found some lyrics on google!

There's a little rosewood casket

settin' on a marble stand

there's a package of love letters

written by my true loves hand

go and bring them to me, brother.

come and set upon my bed

lay your head upon my pillow

while my aching heart grows dead.

read them gently to me brother

read them til I fall asleep.

Fall asleep to wake in heaven

oh dear brother do not weep.

Last Sunday I saw her walking

with a gentleman by her side

and I thought I heard him tell her

she was soon to be his bride.

When I am dead in my coffin

and my friends have gathered round

and my narrow grave is ready

in some lonesome churchyard ground.

There's a little rosewood casket

settin' on a marble stand

there's a package of love letters

written by my true loves hand.