This part is for my love of old How the Rose in your heart you hold Still, all the water in your wells Won’t make it grow
O the call of the nightingale How I loved thee Neath the ghostly sails We moved like gypsies ‘Neath the mist and Beneath the gloom
O how the river flows Under the ice & snow The keeper of the flame, The Rose Captain, knows my name His perfumed breath I’ve breathed For you, my dear My love will never leave
This part is for my love of new How the bulbs in my heart are true They send their shoots through my fingers Into your bones
O the call of the collared dove How I long to be Your one truelove We’ll move like gypsies ‘Neath the stars and Beneath the moon
O how the river flows Under the ice & snow The keeper of the flame The Rose Captain knows our names His perfumed breath we’ve breathed For you, my dear My love will never leave
O the Rose Captain knows He knows our names O the Rose Captain knows He knows our names.