They call me the wild rose

But my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me that I do not know

For my name was Elisa Day

From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one

As she stared in my eyes and smiled

For her lips were the colour of the roses

That grew down the river, all b_____ and wild

When he knocked on my door and entered the room

My trembling subsided in his sure embrace

He would be my first man, and with a careful hand

He wiped at the tears that run down my face

They call me the wild rose

But my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me that I do not know

For my name was Elisa Day

On the second day I brought her a flower

She was more beautiful than any woman I've seen

I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow

So sweet and scarlet and free ?"

On the second day he came

with a single red rose

He Said :" Will you give me your loss and your sorrow ?"

I nodded my head as I lay on the bed

"If I show you the roses will you follow ?"

They call me the wild rose

But my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me I do not know

For my name was Elisa Day

On the third day he took me to the river

He showed me the roses and we kissed

And the last thing I heard

was a muttered word

As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow

And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief

And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die "

And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

They call me the wild rose

But my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me I do not know

For my name was Elisa Day

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