Where The Roses Are In Bloom

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They were strolling in the gloaming
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Where the roses were in bloom
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A soldier and his sweetheart lady 
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true
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And their hearts were filled with 
sorrow
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And their thoughts were of tomorrow
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As she pinned a rose upon his coat 
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of blue


Chorus 1
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Do not ask me love to linger
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When you know not what to say
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For duty calls your sweetheart's 
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And your heart need not be sighing
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If I be among the dying
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I'll be with you when the roses 
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bloom 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