I listened to the second disc of the Carpenters' Gold album to-day and noticed a few things about their version of "Please Mister Postman." Of course, after noting those features, I referenced the Beatles' version to see if they're present there too.
I'd forgotten that I already wrote about a melisma'd "so" two years ago, so the only new thing I have to note is a melisma'd "by" (sung to the phrase C# B C# B A, I think) in the line "So many days you passed me by." This gives a musical sense of movement, specifically, the postman passing by the singer/speaker without delivering "a card or a letter."
