Emma Rose (2006 Remastered LP Version)-Kate Wolf

[ti:Emma Rose (2006 Remastered LP Version)] [ar:Kate Wolf] [al:Back Roads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Emma Rose (2006 Remastered LP Version) - Kate Wolf [00:09.65]Emma Rose was ten years old her father passed away [00:15.09] [00:16.28]She cried to think he'd never see her on her wedding day [00:23.16] [00:25.57]And then her mother sickened and left her on her own [00:31.68] [00:32.35]Saying Emma Rose it grieves me to leave you so alone [00:39.27] [00:42.53]How long how long will it be 'til you're returning [00:49.95]How long how long must I keep the candles burning [00:56.07] [00:59.25]When Emma Rose was sixteen years [01:02.93]She was courted and wed [01:05.16] [01:06.66]By Danny Jay the neighbor boy a fine young man they said [01:13.02] [01:16.17]And in the flowering of their love Emma had a son [01:22.40] [01:23.41]Danny left one morning before the rising of the sun [01:29.99] [01:33.41]How long how long will it be 'til you're returning [01:40.87]How long how long must I keep the candles burning [01:47.20] [01:50.49]Years went by and Emma Rose grew bitter in her grief [01:56.48] [01:58.11]All the men who came and went none gave her any peace [02:04.39] [02:07.64]Even age could not erase the beauty in her face [02:13.84] [02:14.67]But Emma Rose had eyes for one who left without a trace [02:21.99] [02:23.45]Tell me how long how long will it be 'til you're returning [02:32.69]How long how long must I keep the candles burning [02:38.94] [02:42.40]Emma lives alone now the child is grown and gone [02:48.29] [02:49.67]Some say they see her now and then on the days she [02:54.13]Comes to town [02:55.97] [02:59.22]If you're traveling North there's a mailbox on the road [03:05.39] [03:06.20]And all it says is Emma Rose in letters faint and old [03:13.97] [03:16.74]How long how long will it be 'til you're returning [03:23.77] [03:24.33]How long how long must I keep the candles burning