Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song When The Master Calls The Roll, artist - Rosanne Cash. Album song The River & The Thread, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 31.12.2012
Record label: Blue Note
Song language: English
When The Master Calls The Roll |
Girl with hair of flaming red |
Seeking perfect lover |
For to lie down on her feather bed |
Soul secrets to uncover |
(Verse) |
Must be gentile, must be strong |
With disposition sunny |
Just as faithful as the day is long |
And careful with his money |
(Verse) |
And so the open letter read |
The news boy did deliver |
Three months later plans were made to wed |
Down by the King James river |
(Chorus 1) |
Know the season may come |
Know the season may go |
When love is joined together |
With whoever be made whole |
When the master calls the roll |
(Verse) |
Oh my darling will you leave? |
Take me to the altar |
I don’t have strength to watch you as you leave |
But my love will never fault her |
(Verse) |
Oh my darling Marry Anne |
The march to war is calling |
Somewhere far across these southern lands |
The bands of brothers falling |
(Verse) |
My tender bride, the tides demand |
That I leave you with your mother |
With my father’s riffle in one hand |
Your locket in the other |
(Chorus 2) |
Know the season may come |
Know the season may go |
Beware the storm clouds gather |
Take heat in warm of soul |
When the master calls the roll |
(Verse) |
But can this union be preserved? |
The soldier boy was crying |
I will never travel back to her |
But not for lack of trying |
(Verse) |
It’s a love of one true heart at last |
That made the boy a hero |
But a riffle ball and a cannon blast |
Cut him down to zero |
(Verse) |
Oh Virginia once I came |
I’ll see you when I’m younger |
And I’ll know you by your hills again |
This town from 6 feet under |
(Chorus 3) |
Know the season may come |
Know the season may go |
A man is torn asunder |
But someday we may know |
When the master calls the roll |
(Verse) |
Though the storm clouds gather |
Let the union be made whole |
When the master calls the roll |