Frederick Delius - Wine Roses

Lift on high and clink the glasses
Look how bright the Burgundy flashes
Like a ruby deepest red

A faded day
A time gone by
Comes back again to my memory

Now twilight is falling
The earth has wended away
From the sun’s warming rays
Roses wild on the great highway
Wine roses, wine roses!

Roses wild on the great highway
Where is our glowing summer night’s dream?
Gone as a strain of music goes?
Wine roses, wine roses!