Please Mr. Postman

Please Mr. Postman
by W. Garrett, B. Holland, F. Gorman, G. Dobbins & R. Bateman
The Carpenters’ version:

Please Mister Postman, look and see
If there’s a letter in your bag for me
(Please, Please Mister Postman)
Why’s it takin’ such a long time
For me to hear from that boy of mine

There must be some word today
From my boyfriend so far away
Please Mister Postman, look and see
If there’s a letter, a letter for me

I’ve been standin’ here waitin’ Mister Postman
So patiently
For just a card, or just a letter
Sayin’ he’s returnin’ home to me
Mister Postman, look and see
If there’s a letter in your bag for me
Why’s it takin’ such a long time
For me to hear from that boy of mine

So many days you passed me by
See the tears standin’ in my eyes
You didn’t stop to make me feel better
By leavin’ me a card or a letter

Mister Postman, look and see
If there’s a letter in your bag for me
Why’s it takin’ such a long time

I think I know why…

Time Magazine said in 1974: “On March 2, 1974 the cost of mailing
a first-class letter will go up from 8¢ to a dime.”

And today:

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Happy Mother’s Day

Hymn for Sunday – Happy the Home When God is There

Happy the Home When God is There

Text: Henry Ware, Jr., 1794-1843
Music: John B. Dykes, 1823-1876 
 

Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills every breast;
When one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heav’nly rest.

Happy the home where Jesus’ Name
Is sweet to every ear;
Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.

Happy the home where prayer is heard,
And praise each day does rise;
Where parents love the sacred Word
And all its wisdom prize.

Lord, let us in our homes agree
This blessed peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.

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