Mountain Fern-Laura Cantrell

[ti:Mountain Fern] [ar:Laura Cantrell] [al:When The Roses Bloom Again] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mountain Fern - Laura Cantrell [00:16.88]She left her home [00:18.20]On the mountain as a young girl [00:21.24] [00:23.53]And she traveled [00:24.64] [00:25.24]And rambled all through the wide world [00:28.19] [00:30.35]And the world was Kentucky [00:32.02] [00:33.22]And then Tennessee [00:34.38] [00:36.90]West Virginia to Texas [00:38.82] [00:39.77]Everything in between [00:41.08] [00:43.66]And her name would be different [00:45.81] [00:46.40]From place to place [00:47.41] [00:48.85]And her heart might get heavy sometimes [00:51.82] [00:54.17]With a worn prayer book [00:56.33]In her guitar case [00:57.64] [00:59.50]In a boarding house room [01:01.06] [01:02.31]Her banjo she plays [01:03.75] [01:04.31]And the wind blows the mountain fern [01:08.54] [01:09.88]She sways and bends in the breeze [01:13.02] [01:16.12]And our Dixie darlin' is callin' him [01:20.21] [01:21.83]She's fallin' right down to her knees [01:25.34] [01:29.74]Do you know who to please [01:31.41] [01:36.86]Road it got dusty hot [01:39.96]Long and hard [01:40.74] [01:42.74]Travelin' night noon [01:43.94]And mornin' in an old Packard car [01:47.08] [01:49.39]And though she found fame [01:51.02]And fortune on the radio waves [01:53.80] [01:56.02]Well it never came easy [01:57.74] [01:58.76]And she longed to be saved [02:00.29] [02:02.66]Those hills in Knoxville with their fine white mist [02:06.57] [02:08.24]Settled over everything [02:10.57] [02:13.13]Put a chill in her heart like the devil's kiss [02:16.89] [02:18.50]In the morning light she turns to the King [02:22.59] [02:23.25]And the wind blows the mountain fern [02:27.19] [02:28.94]She sways and bends in the breeze [02:31.91] [02:35.17]And our Dixie darlin' is callin' him [02:39.10] [02:40.73]She's fallin' right down to her knees [02:43.93] [02:48.35]She finally knows who to please [02:50.11] [02:54.58]And it feels [02:56.11] [02:57.08]So good just to hear your voice [03:04.35] [03:05.90]Rising up with mine [03:08.82] [03:10.30]Oh that is a joyous noise [03:12.93] [03:15.55]And I hope someday [03:18.96] [03:20.43]You will understand why my song [03:23.94] [03:25.81]Must be sung for Him [03:28.17] [03:29.68]Played for Him [03:30.68] [03:31.79]Written for Him [03:32.89] [03:33.58]As they're given by Him yes