When the Roses Bloom Again- McDowells c. 1890s
[This is the song, "Down Among the Budded Roses" (Budded Roses) which seems to be based on "Little Bunch of Roses" and is related to "I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again." The verses are substantially the same as the standard "Budded Roses" songs but it's missing the Chorus:
Down among the budded roses
I am nothing but a stem
I have parted from my darling
never more to meet again.
It was first recorded in 1926 by Charlie Poole and has over a dozen early county recordings.
R. Matteson 2014]
WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM AGAIN
1. Little sweetheart I must leave you,
From you side I soon must go;
Many a mile separated us
In this world of care and woe.
But I'll treasure every promise,
That you gave me in the lane,
And remember I will meet you,
When the roses bloom again.
2. Little Sweetheart, I must leave you
From your side be far away;
Do not listen to the stories,
That some evil tongue may say.
For my heart is yours forever,
Long as life to me shall last,
If in anger we now sever,
I can not forget the past.
3. Little Sweetheart now have parted,
No more talking in the lane;
Little Sweetheart, may we never,
Never never to part again,
You have blighted all my future
All my joy you've turned to pain;
To me 'twill be a time of sorrow
When the roses bloom again.
4. Little Sweetheart, may God bless you;
May He give you every joy
May he give you a life of pleasure
Happiness without alloy:
May some bright day in the future
Bring the truth all home to you,
May you know that we have parted:
You were false and I was true!
Remembered by both L. L. McDowell and Mrs. McDowell in almost exactly the same form, both words and melody. Neither of them can say just where they learned it, except that it was at their respective homes and in early youth. It is not claimed that this is a folk song, but the above evidence proves - that it was orally transmitted in the eighteen-nineties.