They Call Me The Wild Rose
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
She stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colours of the roses
That grow down the river all bloody and wild
And when he knocked on my door and answered the door
My trembling subsided and his warm embrace
He would be my first man and with a careful hand
He wiped off the tears that ran down my face
They Call Me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Well they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
On the second day I brought her a flower
She's more beautiful than any woman I've seen
And 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 give me your loss and your sorrow
And 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 Eliza Day
Well they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
On the third day he took her to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a murdered word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank the wind lied as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye said all beauty must die
Then I went down and planted a rose between her teeth
They Call Me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Well they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
My name was Eliza Day
My name was Eliza Day