Billy Bragg & Wilco - Where The Roses Are In Bloom Verse 1 They were strolling in the gloaming Where the roses were in bloom A soldier and his sweetheart lady true And their hearts were filled with sorrow And their thoughts were of tomorrow As she pinned a rose upon his coat of blue Chorus 1 Do not ask me love to linger When you know not what to say For duty calls your sweetheart’s name again And your heart need not be sighing If I be among the dying I’ll be with you when the roses 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