Billy Bragg & Wilco - Where The Roses Are In Bloom
Verse 1
They were [Bm]strolling in the gloaming
Where the [Em]roses were in bloom
A [G]soldier and his sweetheart lady [D]true
And their [Bm]hearts were filled with sorrow
And their [Em]thoughts were of tomorrow
As she [G]pinned a rose upon his coat of [D]blue
Chorus 1
Do not [G]ask me love to linger
When you [Em]know not what to say
For [D]duty calls your sweetheart s name [Bm]again
And your [G]heart need not be sighing
If [Em]I be among the dying
I ll be [D]with you when the [G]roses bloom [D]again
Verse 2
When the roses bloom again
Beside the river
And the mockingbird has sung his sweet refrain
In the days of auld lang syne
I ll be with you sweetheart mine
I ll be with you when the roses bloom again
Verse 3
Mid the rattle of the battle
Came a whisper soft and low
A soldier who had fallen in the fray
I am dying, I am dying
And I know I ll have to go
But I want to tell you
Before I pass away
Chorus 2
There s a far and distant river
Where the roses are in bloom
A sweetheart who is waiting there for me
And it s there I pray you take me
I ve been faithful, don t forsake me
I ll be with her when the roses bloom again
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