Hear my voice and listen well, and a story
I will tell,
How duty brought a broken heart, and why a love so strong
Must fall apart;
She was lovely, she was fine, daughter of a royal line,
He, no equal, but for them it mattered little for they were in love;
Rose of England, sweet and fair, shining with the sun,
Rose of England, have a care, for where the thorn is,
There the blood will run;
Oh my heart, oh my heart;
Through the summer days and nights, stolen kisses and delights
Would thrill their hearts and fill their dreams with all emotions
That true love can bring;
But black of mourning came one day, when her sister passed away,
And many said on bended knee, she has gone, and you must be our
Queen; Rose of
England, sweet and fair, shining with the sun,
Rose of England, have a care, for where the thorn is,
There the blood will run;
Oh my heart, oh my heart;
To the abbey she did ride, with her lover by her side,
When they heard the church bells ring, she was
Queen And one day, he'd be
King; But men of malice, men of hate, protesting to her chambers came, "A foreign prince will have your hand, for he'll bring peace And riches to our land;"
She said, "Do you tell me that I cannot wed the one I love? Do you tell me that I am not mistress of my heart?"
And so with heavy weight of life she kissed her lover one last time, "This land I wed, and no man comes, for if I cannot have you, I'll have None;"
Rose of England, sweet and fair, shining with the sun,
Rose of England have a care, for where the thorn is,
There the blood will run;
Oh my heart, oh my heart.
[00:04.56]Hear my voice and listen well, and a story
[00:12.60]I will tell,
[00:12.81]How duty brought a broken heart, and why a love so strong
[00:20.04]Must fall apart;
[00:25.56]She was lovely, she was fine, daughter of a royal line,
[00:35.16]He, no equal, but for them it mattered little for they were in love;
[00:39.87]Rose of England, sweet and fair, shining with the sun,
[00:53.88]Rose of England, have a care, for where the thorn is,
[01:02.19]There the blood will run;
[01:13.08]Oh my heart, oh my heart;
[01:18.39]Through the summer days and nights, stolen kisses and delights
[01:26.10]Would thrill their hearts and fill their dreams with all emotions
[01:31.26]That true love can bring;
[01:39.27]But black of mourning came one day, when her sister passed away,
[01:50.22]And many said on bended knee, she has gone, and you must be our
[01:56.94]Queen; Rose of
[01:57.51]England, sweet and fair, shining with the sun,
[02:09.93]Rose of England, have a care, for where the thorn is,
[02:16.14]There the blood will run;
[02:22.80]Oh my heart, oh my heart;
[02:27.12]To the abbey she did ride, with her lover by her side,
[02:40.53]When they heard the church bells ring, she was
[02:45.72]Queen And one day, he'd be
[02:49.89]King; But men of malice, men of hate, protesting to her chambers came, "A foreign prince will have your hand, for he'll bring peace And riches to our land;"
[03:14.40]She said, "Do you tell me that I cannot wed the one I love? Do you tell me that I am not mistress of my heart?"
[03:46.02]And so with heavy weight of life she kissed her lover one last time, "This land I wed, and no man comes, for if I cannot have you, I'll have None;"
[04:03.93]Rose of England, sweet and fair, shining with the sun,
[04:13.83]Rose of England have a care, for where the thorn is,
[04:24.93]There the blood will run;
[04:33.09]Oh my heart, oh my heart.