Rose of Picardy-June Tabor

[ti:Rose of Picardy] [ar:June Tabor] [al:Rosa Mundi] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rose of Picardy - June Tabor [00:11.28]She is watching by the poplars [00:15.17] [00:16.91]Colinette with the sea-blue eyes [00:20.89] [00:22.11]She is watching and longing and waiting [00:26.20] [00:27.61]Where the long white roadway lies [00:32.44] [00:32.97]And a song stirs in the silence [00:37.60] [00:38.32]Like the wind in the boughs above [00:42.55] [00:43.42]She listens and starts and trembles [00:49.16] [00:49.73]For this is the first song of love [00:55.53] [00:58.04]Roses are shining in Picardy [01:03.39] [01:04.13]In the hush of the server dew [01:09.21] [01:10.63]Roses are flying in Picardy [01:15.03] [01:15.94]But there's never a rose like you [01:21.42] [01:22.23]And the roses may die with the summertime [01:28.39] [01:29.16]And our roads may be far apart [01:34.53] [01:35.26]But there's one rose that dies not in Picardy [01:43.70] [01:44.81]That's the rose that I wear in my heart [01:53.63] [02:01.71]And the years roll on for ever [02:06.02] [02:07.10]Till the shadow veils their skies [02:11.38] [02:12.61]But still he loves to hold her hand [02:16.91] [02:17.95]And look in her sea-blue eyes [02:22.43] [02:23.31]And she sees the road by the poplars [02:27.97] [02:28.54]Where they met in the bygone years [02:32.54] [02:33.53]And the first song of the roses [02:38.52] [02:39.38]Is the last song that she hears [02:47.31] [02:48.66]Roses are shining in Picardy [02:54.33] [02:55.24]In the hush of the server dew [03:00.16] [03:01.83]Roses are flying in Picardy [03:06.27] [03:07.45]But there's never a rose like you [03:13.12] [03:13.93]And the roses may die with the summertime [03:20.27] [03:21.03]And our roads may be far apart [03:26.57] [03:27.27]But there's one rose that dies not in Picardy [03:37.09] [03:38.80]That's the rose that I keep in my heart