Johnny Cash - When the Roses Bloom Again lyrics

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, Captain
Dying and I pray before I go
You will give your promise here I pass away"

Do not ask me dear to linger
For I know not what to say when duty calls
Just sweetheart's name in vain
I hope your heart will not be crying
If I'm not among the dying
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

Yes, when the roses bloom again
Beside the river
And the Robin Redbreast sings
It's sweet refrain
As in days of Old Lang Syne
I'll be with you sweetheart mine
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again
Do not ask me dear to linger
For I know not what to say when duty calls
Just sweetheart's name in vain
I hope your heart will not be crying
If I not among the dying
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

When the roses bloom again beside the river
And the Robin Redbreast sings
It's sweet refrain
As in days of Old Lang Syne
I'll be with you sweetheart mine
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again