[ti:When the Roses Bloom Again]
[ar:Billy Bragg]
[al:Mermaid Avenue Vol. III]
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[00:00.69]When The Roses Bloom Again - Billy Bragg and Wilco
[00:08.48]They were strolling in the gloaming
[00:12.59]Where the roses were in bloom
[00:16.88]A soldier and his sweetheart brave and true
[00:25.33]And their hearts were filled with sorrow
[00:29.59]For their thoughts were of tomorrow
[00:33.71]As she pinned a rose upon his coat of blue
[00:41.87]Do not ask me, love, to linger
[00:46.36]For you know not what to say
[00:50.62]For duty calls your sweetheart's name again
[00:59.16]And your heart need not be sighing
[01:03.40]If I be among the dying
[01:07.18]I'll be with you when the roses bloom again
[01:15.95]When the roses bloom again beside the river
[01:24.72]And the mockingbird has sung his sweet refrain
[01:33.12]In the days of auld lang syne
[01:36.83]I'll be with you sweetheart mine
[01:41.10]I'll be with you when the roses bloom again
[02:23.69]With the rattle of the battle
[02:27.90]Came a whisper soft and low
[02:32.41]A soldier who had fallen in the fray
[02:40.74]I am dying, I am dying
[02:44.78]And I know I have to go
[02:49.18]But I want to tell you before I pass away
[02:57.13]There's a far and distant river
[03:01.58]Where the roses are in bloom
[03:05.98]A sweetheart who is waiting there for me
[03:14.24]And it's there I pray you take me
[03:18.34]I've been faithful, don't forsake me
[03:22.62]I'll be with her when the roses bloom again