《Emma Rose》歌词

[00:00:00] Emma Rose (2006 Remastered LP Version) - Kate Wolf

[00:00:09] Emma Rose was ten years old her father passed away

[00:00:16] She cried to think he'd never see her on her wedding day

[00:00:25] And then her mother sickened and left her on her own

[00:00:32] Saying Emma Rose it grieves me to leave you so alone

[00:00:42] How long how long will it be 'til you're returning

[00:00:49] How long how long must I keep the candles burning

[00:00:59] When Emma Rose was sixteen years

[00:01:02] She was courted and wed

[00:01:06] By Danny Jay the neighbor boy a fine young man they said

[00:01:16] And in the flowering of their love Emma had a son

[00:01:23] Danny left one morning before the rising of the sun

[00:01:33] How long how long will it be 'til you're returning

[00:01:40] How long how long must I keep the candles burning

[00:01:50] Years went by and Emma Rose grew bitter in her grief

[00:01:58] All the men who came and went none gave her any peace

[00:02:07] Even age could not erase the beauty in her face

[00:02:14] But Emma Rose had eyes for one who left without a trace

[00:02:23] Tell me how long how long will it be 'til you're returning

[00:02:32] How long how long must I keep the candles burning

[00:02:42] Emma lives alone now the child is grown and gone

[00:02:49] Some say they see her now and then on the days she

[00:02:54] Comes to town

[00:02:59] If you're traveling North there's a mailbox on the road

[00:03:06] And all it says is Emma Rose in letters faint and old

[00:03:16] How long how long will it be 'til you're returning

[00:03:24] How long how long must I keep the candles burning