When The Robins Come Home - Eddie Gallagher

When The Robins Come Home

Eddie Gallagher

 

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1)

It was just after Christmas, I remember the year

A boy and his sweetheart sat there on a pier

Tomorrow he was leaving for over the phone

And he said, "I will be back when the robins come home"

chorus

I will be back when the robins come home

I'll have enough money to make you my own

Don't be too lonely now while I am gone

'Cause I will be back when the robins come home

2)

The winter passed slowly, sometimes he was sad

He said in his letters, the weather was bad

And that he missed her while out on the phone

And he prayed for the date when the robins come home

3)

The schooner, she waited for was coming at last

But joy turned to sorrow, for her flag was half-mast

Teardrops were falling on the first day of spring

As the tears wet his casket, a robin did sing