Distant Drums - Lyrics - Jim Reeves

source: Somewheremaybe     2015年11月10日
Distant Drums was written by Cindy Walker during the Vietnam War and was originally recorded by Roy Orbison in 1963. However the songs greatest success came from the cover by Jim Reeves. It reached number one on the UK charts and number one on the US Hot 100 Country Singles in 1966, two years after the death of Jim Reeves in a plane crash.

Distant Drums
I hear the sound of distant drums
Far away, far away
And if they call for me to come
Then I must go and you must stay

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
Let's share all the time we can before it's too late
Love me now for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

I hear the sound of bugles blow
Far away, far away
And if they call, then I must go
Across the sea, so wild and grey.

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
For the distant drums might change our wedding date
And love me now, for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me
「Distant Drums」，演出者：Jim Reeves ( • )