When the Roses Bloom Again

Recorded: July 8, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee Source: The Essential Johnny Cash Vol. 2 Written: A. P. Carter Johnny Cash: G In the rattle of the battle came a whisper soft and low G C From a soldier who'd been wounded in the fray G C "I am dying, Captin, dying and I pray before I go D7 G You will give your promise ere I pass away" The Carter Family: C G Do not ask me dear to linger for I know not what to say G C When duty calls me to a foreign plain G C I hope your heart will not be crying if I'm numbered 'mong the dying D7 G I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Johnny Cash: C G Yes when the roses bloom again beside the River G C And the robin redbreast sings it's sweet refrain The Carter Family: G C As in days of Old Lang Syne I'll be with you sweetheart mine D7 G 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