Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's a meadow tucked deep in the mountain Where the songbird and eagle fly free And a lone man there carries a blossom To his darling sweet Rose Avery [Verse 2] It was there on that mountain one summer From a girl to a woman she grew And many was the heart laid before her But only young William's was true [Chorus] Oh it's on (on through the rain) And on (And the chill of the spring) Through the dark cheerless winter and on Oh love is a flower unfaded When the bright rose of summer is gone [Verse 3] Over the ocean his country called William And home it returned him too late For three years away is too many For a handsome young woman to wait [Verse 4] So he built him a home on that mountain Years passing, another he chose From his lips came the vow to be faithful But the name his heart whispered was "Rose" [Chorus] Oh it's on (on through the rain) And on (And the chill of the spring) Through the dark cheerless winter and on Oh love is a flower unfaded When the bright rose of summer is gone [Verse 5] Came children, now the seasons fast fleeting In the town they'd oft-times be seen And for William, a smile upon meeting Old thoughts long forgotten, it seemed [Verse 6] But alone in the long evening shadows As the chains of the watchful day fell Oh the dreams of that long-ago summer Too sweet but too hurtful to tell [Chorus] Oh it's on (on through the rain) And on (And the chill of the spring) Through the dark cheerless winter and on Oh love is a flower unfaded When the bright rose of summer is gone [Verse 7] Now a summer and many has ended On the mountain the young dreams are done For the kids have moved on to the city And the old ones to God, all but one [Verse 8] In the meadow he kneels now in silence His love at last is set free It's there in the tear-stained blossom On a stone marked "Rose Avery" [Chorus] Oh it's on (on through the rain) And on (And the chill of the spring) Through the dark cheerless winter and on Oh love is a flower unfaded When the bright rose of summer is gone