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Bury My Heart (In Reading Gaol)

from Seize The Day by Roy Smiles

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Bury My Heart (In Reading Gaol)

I had a woman, I cut her down; she fell to earth without a sound
The mist descended like a veil so bury my heart in Reading Gaol.

The judge & jury never smiled as they sentenced me to my last mile
The gallows wait: wood, rope & nail so bury my heart in Reading Gaol.

Chorus
Roses are red, violets are blue; all I ever knew is no woman was true
Roses are white, lavenders blue; all I ever knew is no woman was true.

She loved a soldier, another man; her cheating heart I could not stand
On a boat to hell I know I’ll sail so bury my heart in Reading Gaol.

I found her there in her lover’s arms; I cut them both, I did them harm
Mighty was my hate like a gale so bury my heart in Reading Gaol.

Chorus

For each man kills the thing he loves by each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword
Yet each man kills the thing he loves by each let this be heard.

(Instrumental)

Chorus

And now I sit in this lonely cell when dawn will come I cannot tell
I shall not pray to a god that failed so bury my heart in Reading Gaol.

So hang man build your gallows high; I shall not flinch, I shall not cry
Come sweet death: cold, hard & pale and bury my heart in Reading Gaol
And bury my heart in Reading Gaol, and bury my heart in Reading Gaol.

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from Seize The Day, released June 3, 2015

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk. ... more

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