I can picture a room full of five dozen roses
I imagine each one of them mine
they were picked my my lover who no one supposes
will ever return here alive
he was carried away by the waves of the ocean
carried away from my arms
but he carried my love in the letters I wrote him
and I carried his love in my heart
oh my lover he promised me he would return
and I promised I’d wait till I die
so I’m carrying on in my room full of roses
and I’ll carry his promise for life
now a story is told of an ill-fated sailor
who leapt to his death in the waves
to recover a letter, blown from his hands
to the water that swept him away
oh my lover he promised me he would return
and I promised I’d wait till I die
so I’m carrying on in my room full of roses
and I’ll carry his promise for life
I can picture a room full of five dozen roses
a rose for each year of my life
I’ve spent waiting and wondering whate’r I will say
to my lover the day he arrives
oh my lover he promised me he would return
and I promised I’d wait till I die
so I’m carrying on, yes I’m carrying on
and I’ll carry his promise…
This New Haven duo write bright and emotionally resonant folk music where sweeping strings elevate gorgeous melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 23, 2021
A partnership between Yep Roc and The Southern Folklife Collection, the LP features a never-before-heard live performance by Doc Watson. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 16, 2018