Howdy Erica,

Thanks for taking time to check this one out. I haven't had time to do a thorough rework on it..so will save your thoughts fof that. I am still working on that bridge..though a few folks have sent me some excellent ideas for it.

As I mentioned to Curtis about that transition line, I'm still not totally convinced it is essential to put all the details actually IN a song. Sometimes I like to leave a few things for the listeners to figure out. My thinking here is that if she got a letter saying he would be home soon..and the next thing in the song is about them getting married...then most folks will eventually figure out he must have actually come home. I will certainly consider smoothing that out, however.

As for the troublesome hill...that was a bit deliberate there...because I wanted folks to wonder, as you did...what hill? Then you get to figure out that it is a hill at the cemetery but not til you get to that place in the storyline. So, I have to admit that if it did make you wonder...what hill..then it served the purpose for which it was intended. (That line is actually there also to let you know that time has passed and she is now an old woman.) I will consider if there is a better way to accomplish that, but since others have specifically said they really like that line, so am not sure it is a good one to change.

Thank you so much for the thoughts! Always appreciated!

Bobbie

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