Skaggs, Ricky - Your Old Love Letters Lyrics






Today, I burned your old love letters;
I burned them gently, one by one.
And as I light the flame, I'd read it,
So I could see what you had done.

The first you wrote me was the sweetest:
The last one broke my heart in two.
Our love now lies among the embers,
In the ashes of your letters tied in blue.

And as I burned your old love letters,
It brought back mem'ries from the past.
It told about you and your new love,
A love I knew could never last.

The first you wrote me was the sweetest:
The last one broke my heart in two.
And as I light the flame, I'd read it,
For I can say: "I still love you."





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  1. J.... L....

    i dont understand the kind of people that would dislike this kind of music

  2. C.... M....

    You all wouldn't believe me and my better-half in the left picture from South East Asis,Burma, are very crazy with those Country & Blue Grass Music.As for me when I was 15,my older brothers used to tune in to the Radio Ceylon from Burma.From that day on me and my younger brother who is now in Australia learned how to play the guitar and banjo and sang those American folk songs like the Kingson Trio and Country songs .I became a radio journalist and retired from Radio Free Asi,a US government radio station in Washington,DC. and settled down in Alexandria,Virgina in the US.Now our bedroom is furll of Country and Blue Grass dics,videos. My brother became a diplomat and now settling down in Australia.When both of us were in college,my brother and I entertaine Burmese and foreign listeners singing live with those American Folk ,Country and Blue Grass songs from the English Service of the State radio station called the Burma Broadcasting Service on a regular basis under the name of the Shamrock Boys.We still love Don Williams,Merle Haggard,Ricky Skaggs,Dolly Parton,Porter Wagoner,Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt,Lorrie Morgan so on and so forth.

  3. J.... V....

    There will never be anyone come close to sir jim reeves

  4. B.... S....

    SÅÅ FINT

  5. N.... M....

    lagu sangat terhibur..i like this song..like full

  6. T.... D....

    I just found out a couple of weeks ago that we are related. Can't wait to meet the scaggs and see how this tree grows. 🌹 Teresa wolfenbarger from Hillsboro ky

  7. l.... c....

    I love this song and he sings sweetly.

  8. R.... M....

    Love Ricky & the Whites. This is a favorite, he slays it.

  9. V.... M....

    beautiful song...👌

  10. R.... L....

    Fantastic job RICKY ....as alway

  11. H.... H....

    Rickyが弾くフラマンが好きで私も練習をしています。

  12. j.... b....

    Always enjoy classic hits songs of Ricky Skaggs music and bluegrass music.

  13. B.... S....

    SÅ FINT

  14. M.... B....

    love the song im belong 1960 lovely

  15. D.... L....

    Beautiful

  16. J.... M....

    Very goog song

  17. s.... M....

    like. song

  18. B.... L....

    my moms best song but her sisters never new

  19. s.... M....

    like. or. song. so. sweet. song

  20. s.... M....

    my. Best. friend. die

  21. s.... M....

    my. brother. and. uncle. like. song. Susie

  22. s.... M....

    hey. Susie. like. song

  23. B.... H....

    I saw him in concert at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pa. That was the best concert I had the pleasure of going to.

  24. G.... F....

    RICKY SURE CAN SING,,,,

  25. a.... b....

    Awesome song

  26. P.... 5....

    TY GUYS SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT THIS! He is my 12th cousin! I really appreciate you guys doing this!!

  27. R.... M....

    love Ricky's cover of this.

  28. B.... I....

    love the Ricky Skaggs sound.

  29. s.... ....

    Another version of this song was beautifully done by the late Billy Carney and his daughter Lisa Marie.

  30. m.... ....

    Ricky certainly one the country superstars. He has come a long way from the early (70s) bluegrass days. Very talented. as singer and musician. mos60

  31. L.... G....

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  32. R.... 1....

    I have two letters and pictures I could never bring myself to burn.  They are postmarked Athens, GA 1992.  They are in a little box I've had since I was 16.  This was the music we loved back then.

  33. J.... P....

    Great , great song my favorite is Lost To A Stranger I love all his songs

  34. R.... B....

    I like the Jim Reeves version with the rich baritone. No match.

    R.... B....

    PORTER WAGONER DID A FABULOUS JOB!! ON THIS TOO.

  35. B.... W....

    This ole song reminds me so much of my Mom and Dad. Dad, had Parkinson's, and Mom took care of him until she couldn't do it anymore. (We all had families and couldn't quit our jobs to care for Dad) We, made the agonizing decision to put Dad, in a nursing home. This decision, didn't come without a lot of guilt and agony. We ALL adored our Dad. I will NEVER forget, when it was time to leave, my Mom and Dad hugged like they would never see each other again. That will ALWAYS, be burned in my mind. Dad, was there for five years, Mom went everyday to see him and stayed with him all day.They were married, fifty years on November 15, 2008 we lost our Dad, on November 19, 2008. He was my best friend, and I was honored to be his daughter. Daddy, you will never know what you meant to me. I love you Mom and Dad.

    B.... W....

    your a piece of shit low life useless fucking kid for doing that to ur dad

    B.... W....

    my dad had the same disease, mom took care of him until she couldn't do it anymore, he past away about a week later, my mom was tough 18 years of love and sacrifice, my deep respects to your mom and dad

    B.... W....

    Dustin Riddell, you obviously don't have a clue about this. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is the best for the person needing the care. The important thing is to visit them often and varying times of the day so they will be treated good and not feel forgotten. I truly hope you never have to make that decision.

    B.... W....

    I agee that a nursing home is not a good place to have to place a loved one, but sometimes it's unavoidable. You, Dustin, are a low life useless piece of shit for saying this to a daughter who so obviously loved her mother and father. May your sorry ass rot in hell for what you have said to her!

    B.... W....

    Girl so sorry for u n your family but this song sang by slim dusty n hes dawta waz n still is my favorite song by far n my daddy n mummy r still alive n living in a nursing home together my daddy is on hez last leg as for my mummy she still got another ten ta twenty year's ta go so as soon as my daddy crosses over my mummy be living wid me forever

  36. B.... W....

    There will NEVER, be another Ricky.

  37. m.... w....

    Ricky Scaggs is a great country classic Bluegrass singer, I love listening to him 

  38. d.... b....

    I read letters from my darling! She loves me so much!

  39. n.... g....

    Ricky is a great artist,singer,and song writer,i loved his music when i was just a kid...i was brought up in this music,and i love it.....my favorite is the mandoline,he sure can play it...i will keep on loving bluegrass t'il i dy.....Thank you Ricky for the wonderful music you kept going.
    I'm sending you blessings and love....

  40. G.... W....

    Always thought he was a special artist, greatest traditional artist you will ever hear.
    Thanks for posting.

    Graeme Wilson
    244 Collinsvale Road
    Tasmania...7012

  41. J.... W....

    And even though I like some songs by the current group of country artists,it still takes more than wearing a cowboy hat and boots to constitute a country soul like Ricky Skaggs has.

  42. c.... s....

    ricky skaggs songs remind me of my dad.....he would play his guitar and sing to my mom.it bring back so much happy memories lol may my mom r.i.p.

  43. C.... G....

    loved him since i was a kid!

    C.... G....

    38 years ago

  44. B.... L....

    Saw him twice in concert here in Canada and he is simply one of the best in his category.

    B.... L....

    so lucky you are...I am so far ...another side of the moon