When The Roses Bloom Again 
Recorded: July 8, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee 
Source: The Essential Johnny Cash Vol. 2 
Written: A. P. Carter 
 
Johnny Cash: 
G 
In the rattle of the battle came a whisper soft and low 
G C 
From a soldier who'd been wounded in the fray 
 G C
"I am dying, Captin, dying and I pray before I go 
 D7 G 
You will give your promise ere I pass away" 
 
The Carter Family: 
C G 
Do not ask me dear to linger for I know not what to say 
G C 
When duty calls me to a foreign plain 
G C 
I hope your heart will not be crying if I'm numbered 'mong the dying 
 D7 G 
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again 
 
Johnny Cash: 
 C G 
Yes when the roses bloom again beside the River 
G C 
And the robin redbreast sings it's sweet refrain 
 
The Carter Family: 
 G C 
As in days of Old Lang Syne I'll be with you sweetheart mine 
 D7 G 
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again 
 
The Carter Family: 
Do not ask me dear to linger for I know not what to say 
When duty calls me to a foreign plain 
I hope your heart will not be crying if I numbered 'mong the dying 
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again 
 
Johnny Cash: 
When the roses bloom again beside the River 
And the robin redbreast sings it's sweet refrain 
 
Johnny Cash & The Carter Family: 
As in days of Old Lang Syne I'll be with you sweetheart mine 
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again