A Rose Of Red (1996 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:A Rose Of Red (1996 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Dinki-Di Aussies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Rose Of Red (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:06.58]Back to the rear of battle [00:09.79]A digger boy was gay [00:12.75]Thoughts of home across the sea [00:15.90]Filled his heart today [00:19.23] [00:19.97]No thought of danger lingered [00:23.31]In the soldier's head [00:25.35] [00:25.99]As loudly did he sing of love of love and roses red [00:31.58] [00:33.38]I have a childhood sweetheart [00:36.46]Who waits so patiently [00:39.41]A rose of red is in her hair [00:42.37]To show her love for me [00:45.90] [00:46.58]We'll build a home together [00:49.79]When I return from war [00:52.73]With roses red a homely site growin' round the door [00:59.53] [01:14.21]The soldier boy kept singing [01:17.79]His heart was warm today [01:20.46]When from the trees a vicious crack and [01:23.64]Death was on it's way [01:27.71]The happy boy stopped singing [01:30.79]And nothing we could do [01:33.70]The air was cold he lay so still [01:36.66]The sniper's aim was true [01:40.78]We picked him up so gently [01:44.12]And this is what was seen [01:46.36] [01:46.91]A rose of red from a sniper's shot [01:49.92]Across his shirt of green [01:53.15] [01:54.27]The bullet travelled onward [01:57.45]Deadly in it's flight [02:00.28]A girl so sad her love has gone [02:03.39]A rose had died tonight