When the Roses Bloom Again Lyrics

Recorded: July 8, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee
Source: The Essential Johnny Cash Vol. 2
Written: A. P. Carter
Johnny Cash:
In the rattle of the battle came a whisper soft and low
From a soldier who'd been wounded in the fray
"I am dying, Captin, dying and I pray before I go
You will give your promise ere I pass away"
The Carter Family:
Do not ask me dear to linger for I know not what to say
When duty calls me to a foreign plain
I hope your heart will not be crying if I'm numbered 'mong the dying
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again
Johnny Cash:
Yes when the roses bloom again beside the River
And the robin redbreast sings it's sweet refrain
The Carter Family:
As in days of Old Lang Syne I'll be with you sweetheart mine
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again
The Carter Family:
Do not ask me dear to linger for I know not what to say
When duty calls me to a foreign plain
I hope your heart will not be crying if I numbered 'mong the dying
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again
Johnny Cash:
When the roses bloom again beside the River
And the robin redbreast sings it's sweet refrain
Johnny Cash & The Carter Family:
As in days of Old Lang Syne I'll be with you sweetheart mine
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again