Van Lear Rose — текст песни (Loretta Lynn)

One of my fondest memories
Was sittin` on my daddy`s knee
Listenin` to the stories that he told
He`d pull out that old photograph
Like a treasured memory from the past
And say child
This here`s the Van Lear Rose

Oh how it would bring a smile
When he talked about her big blue eyes
And how her beauty ran down to her soul
She`d walk across the coal miner`s yard
Them miner`s would yell loud and hard
and they`d dream of who would hold
The Van Lear Rose

Chours:
She was the belle of Johnson County
Ohio river to Big Sandy
A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
All the miner`s they would gather `round
Talk about the man that came to town
Right under their nose
Stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose

Now the Van Lear Rose could`ve had her pick
And all the fellers figured rich
Until this poor boy caught her eye
His buddies would all laugh and say
Your dreamin` boy she`ll never look your way
You`ll never ever hold the Van Lear Rose

Chours

Then one night in mid July
Underneath that ol` blue Kentucky sky
Well, that poor boy won that beauty`s heart
Then my daddy would look at my mommy and smile
As he brushed the hair back from my eyes and he`d say
Your mama
She`s the Van Lear Rose

Chours

Right under their nose
Stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose