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Rose of the Summer

from Gone Away Backward by Robbie Fulks

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There’s a meadow tucked deep in the mountain Where the songbird and eagle

fly free And a lone man there carries a blossom To his darling sweet Rose Avery It was

there on that mountain one summer From a girl to a woman she grew And many was the

heart laid before her But only young William’s was true.

CH Oh it’s on

(on through the rain) And on

(And the chill of the spring) Through the dark cheerless winter and on Oh love is a

flower unfaded When the bright rose of summer is gone.

Over the ocean his country called William And home it returned him too late

For three years away is too many For a handsome young woman to wait So he built him a

home on that mountain

Years passing, another he chose From his lips came the vow to be faithful But the name

his heart whispered was “Rose.”

Came children, now the seasons fast fleeting In the town they’d oft-times be

seen And for William a smile upon meeting Old thoughts long forgotten, it seemed But

alone in the long evening shadows As the chains of the watchful day fell Oh the dreams

of that long-ago summer Too sweet but too hurtful to tell

Now a summer and many has ended On the mountain the young dreams are

done For the kids have moved on to the city And the old ones to God, all but one. In the

meadow he kneels now in silence His love at last is set free It’s there in the tear-stained

blossom On a stone marked “Rose Avery.”

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from Gone Away Backward, released August 27, 2013

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Robbie Fulks Chicago, Illinois

Robbie Fulks is a recording artist, instrumentalist, & songwriter living in Chicago. His most recent release, Upland Stories, earned wide-spread recognition & 2 Grammy® nominations. His early work helped define the 90s "alt-country" movement while his newer work extends that tradition with old-time rambles, reflections on love, & the troubles the people. ... more

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