"Where The Wild Roses Grow"
They call me The Wild Rose
But my name is Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name is Elisa Day
From the first day I ______ (see) her
I _______ (know) she ______ (be) the one
As she _______ (stare) in my eyes and _________ (smile)
For her lips _______ (be) the colour of the roses
That _______ (grow) down the river, all bloody and wild
When he _______ (knock) on my door and ________ (enter) the room
My trembling _________ (subside) in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
he ______ (wipe) at the tears that _____ (run) down my face
As she _______ (stare) in my eyes and _________ (smile)
For her lips _______ (be) the colour of the roses
That _______ (grow) down the river, all bloody and wild
When he _______ (knock) on my door and ________ (enter) the room
My trembling _________ (subside) in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
he ______ (wipe) at the tears that _____ (run) down my face
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On the second day I _______ (bring) her a flower
She _____ (be) more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I _____ (say), "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"
On the second day he _____ (come) with a single red rose
He _____ (say): "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"
I _______ (nod) my head, as I ____ (lie) on the bed
"If I show you the roses will you follow?"
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On the third day he _______ (take) me to the river
He _______ (show) me the roses and we ______ (kiss)
And the last thing I ______ (hear) was a muttered word
As he ______ (kneel) above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I ______ (take) her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I _______ (kiss) her goodbye, I ______ (say), "All beauty must die"
And lent down and ________ (plant) a rose between her teeth
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