Bella Hardy - Lament for Derwent Village lyrics

Seven pink roses All that I saved Faded pink roses, crumbling, pressed in the page Last of the roses My sweat and my blood My beautiful garden strangled weeds in the flood When a heart can be drowned When strong stones so easily broken Never more will bird song sound My fathers stories will no more be spoken A single memorial The church spire remained Cresting the waters surface, at least ‘till today But they're coming with dynamite And she too must go She'll lie with the empty graves in that deep black below When a heart can be drowned When strong stones so easily broken Never more will bird song sound My fathers stories will no more be spoken Home is the landmarks Worn rock and marked tree The land is your family's story, that valley was me Seven pink roses All that I saved Dark tempest waters washed their strong roots away