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Thread #153401 Message #3592419
Posted By: AnneMC
15-Jan-14 - 04:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: When the Master Calls the Roll
Subject: Lyr Add: When the Master Calls the Roll
When the Master Calls the Roll by Rosanne Cash
Recent song about the Civil War . A ballad sung from the perspective of William and Marion Cash, Rosanne's ancestors.
Help with second chorus appreciated: "Take heed immortal soul"?? Is this correct?
Girl with hair of flaming red
Seeking perfect lover
For to lie down on her feather bed
Soul secrets to uncover
Must be gentle, must be strong
With disposition sunny
Just as faithful as the day is long
And careful with his money
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
And though the season may come
Though the season may go
What love has joined together
Will someday be made whole
When the master calls the roll
Oh my darling will you lead?
Take me to the altar
I don't have strength to watch you as you leave
But my love will never falter
Though my darling Marianne
The march to war is calling
Somewhere far across these southern lands
Are bands of brothers falling
My tender bride, the tides demand
That I leave you with your mother
With my father's rifle in one hand
And your locket in the other
Though the season may come
Though the season may go
Beware the storm clouds gather
Take heat immortal soul
When the master calls the roll
But can this union be preserved?
The soldier boy was crying
And I will never travel back to her
But not for lack of trying
It's a love of one true heart at last
That made the boy a hero
But a rifle ball and a cannon blast
Cut him down to zero
Oh Virginia once I came
I'll see you when I'm younger
And I'll know you by your hills again
This time from six feet under
Though the season may come
Though the season may go
What man has torn asunder
Will some day be made whole
When the master calls the roll
Though the storm clouds gather
Let the union be made whole
When the master calls the roll