When Emma Rose was ten years old, her father passed away She cried to think he’d never see her on her wedding day And then her mother sickened and left her on her own Saying, "Emma Rose, it grieves me to leave you so alone"
How long, how long, will it be ’til you’re returning? How long, how long, must I keep the candles burning? When Emma Rose was sixteen years she was courted and wed By Danny Jay the neighbour boy, a fine young man they said And in the flowering of their love, Emma had a son And Danny left one morning before the rising of the sun The years went by and Emma Rose grew bitter in her grief Of all the men who came and went, none gave her any peace And even age could not erase the beauty in her face But Emma Rose had eyes for one who left without a trace How long, how long, will it be ’til you’re returning? How long, how long, must I keep the candles burning? Emma lives alone now, the child is grown and gone Some say they see her now and then on the day she goes to town And if you’re travelling north, there’s a mailbox on the road And all it says is Emma Rose in letters faint and old How long, how long, will it be ’til you’re returning? How long, how long, must I keep the candles burning?Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
