lirik lagu kate wolf - emma rose
emma rose
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when emma rose was ten years old her father p-ssed away
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she cried to think he’d never see her on her wedding
day.
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and then her mother sickened and left her on her own
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saying, “emma rose, it grieves me to leave you so
alone.” (tell me)
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how long, how long, will it be, til you’re returning?
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how long, how long, must i keep the candles burning?
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when emma rose was sixteen years, she was courted and
wed
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by danny jay the neighbor boy, a fine young man they
said
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and in the flowering of their love, emma had a son
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and danny left one morning before the rising of the
sun..
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tell me how long, how long, will it be, til you’re
returning?
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how long, how long, must i keep the candles burning?
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the years went by and emma rose grew bitter in her
grief
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of all the men who came and went, none gave her any
peace
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and even age could not erase the beauty in her face
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but emma rose had eyes for one who left without a trace
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tell me how long, how long, will it be, til you’re
returning?
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how long, how long, must i keep the candles burning?
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emma lives alone now, the child is grown and gone
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some say they see her now and then on the days she
comes to town
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if you’re traveling north, there’s a mailbox on the
road
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and all it says is emma rose in letters faint and old.
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tell me how long, how long, will it be, til you’re
returning?
c# f#m d e7
how long, how long, must i keep the candles burning?
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