When The Master Calls The Roll - Ver 2

A# A# A# Girl with hair of flaming red D# A# F Seeking perfect lover A# D# F Gm For to lie down on her feather bed D# F Soft secrets to uncover A# A# Must be gentle, must be strong D# A# F With disposition sunny A# D# F Gm Just as faithful as the day is long D# F And careful with his money F D# A# And so the open letter read D# A# F The news boy did deliver A# D# F Gm Three months later plans were made to wed D# F Down by the King James river F A# Lo, the season may come F A# Lo, the season may go D# A# What love has joined together A# A# A Gm Will forever be made whole D# A# When the Master calls the roll A# D# A# F A# D# F Gm D# F A# A# A# Oh my darling William Lee D# A# F Take me to the altar A# D# F Gm I don't have strength to watch you as you leave D# F But my love will never falter A# A# Oh, my darling Mary Anne D# A# F The march to war is calling A# D# F Gm Somewhere far across these southern lands D# F Are bands of brothers falling F D# Gm My tender bride, the tides demand D# A# F That I leave you with your mother A# D# F Gm With my father's rifle in one hand D# F And your locket in the other F A# Lo, the season may come F A# Lo, the season may go D# A# Beware the storm clouds gather A# A# A Gm Take heed, dear mortal soul D# A# When the Master calls the roll A# D# A# F A# D# F Gm D# F A# A# But can this union be preserved? D# A# F The soldier boy was crying A# D# F Gm I will never travel back to her D# F But not for lack of trying A# A# It's a love of one true heart-ed lass D# A# F That made the boy a hero A# D# F Gm But a rifle ball and a cannon blast D# F Cut him down to zero F D# Gm Oh Virginia whence I came D# A# F I'll see you when I'm younger A# D# F Gm And I'll know you by your hills again D# F This time from six feet under F A# Lo, the season may come F A# Lo, the season may go D# A# What man has torn asunder A# A# A Gm Will someday be made whole D# A# When the Master calls the roll D# A# Though the storm clouds gather A# A# A Gm Let the Union be made whole D# A# When the Master calls the roll A# D# A# F A# D# F Gm D# F