Letra: Will D. Cobb; Música: Gus Edwards
(F.A. Mills, New York, 1901)
La canción escenifica el momento en que un soldado ha de partir hacia la guerra, despidiéndose de su novia con una promesa: "si no se encuentra entre los caídos, regresará junto a ella, cuando las rosas florezcan de nuevo".
Letra:
They are roaming in the gloaming, where the roses are in bloom,
Just a soldier and his sweetheart, staunch and true,
But her heart is filled with sorrow, and her thoughts are of the morrow,
As she pins a rose up on his coat of blue.
"Do not ask me, love, to linger, for you know not what you say,
When my duty calls, my sweetheart´s voice is vain,
But your need not be sighing, If I´m not among the dying,
I´ll be with you when the roses bloom again".
Chorus
When the roses bloom again beside the river,
And the robin redbreast sings his sweet refrain,
As in days of Auld Lang Syne,
I´ll be with you, sweetheart, mine,
I´ll be with you whrn the roses bloom again.
Versiones destacadas:
👉🏽 Edison 7942. Harry Macdonough [#3, 12.1901]
Otras versiones:
👉🏽 Victor 1116. Joseph Natus (1901)
👉🏽 Columbia 357. George J. Gaskin (1901)
👉🏽 Columbia 31724. J.W. Myers (1902)
👉🏽 Columbia 31673. Henry Burr (1904) 🔊
👉🏽 Climax 598. Joseph Natus (1902)
👉🏽 Zonophone 686. Joseph Natus (1902)
👉🏽 Zonophone 714. Hager´s Orchestra (1902)
👉🏽 Zonophone 725. Frank C. Stanley (1902)
👉🏽 Zonophone 1015. Atwood Twitchell (1902)