First Rose Of Summer 1919 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Feb 2006
2006

It was golden summer weather,
the skies were ablaze,
as we wandered there together
in the sunlit garden ways.
Merrily their songs of welcome
birds trilled in each tree;
the roses knew that their queen was nigh:
they bowed their heads
as she passed them by
on that day when first
she came to me.

There she stood in a world of roses,
eyes adreaming
and sweet cheeks aglow;
breezes playing went astraying
through her tresses with soft caresses
all around with their petals gleaming
shone the roses in a brave array;
but the first rose that blooms in summer
was not so lovely as her face that day.
There she stood in a world of roses
eyes adreaming and sweet cheeks aglow;
breezes playing went astraying
through her tresses
with soft caresses
all around with their petals gleaming,
shone the roses in a brave array;
but the first rose that bloom in summer
was not so lovely
as her face that day.

When the burning day was over,
like some sweet refrain
came a fragrant scent of clover
from the meadows down the lane.
Shadows o'er the lawn went creeping;
and dark grew the sky.
The roses slept with their petals furled;
we seemed alone in a magic world,
all alone together,
she and I.

There we stood in a world of roses,
'neath the shy light of the sickle moon;
birds were sleeping;
stars were peeping;
in the gloaming the bats were roaming.
All around in the dewy twilight
all the roses hid their heads away;
but the first rose that blooms in summer
was not so lovely as her face that day.
There we stood in a world of roses,
'neath the shy light of the sickle moon;
birds were sleeping
stars were peeping;
in the gloaming the bats were roaming.
All around in the dewy twilight
all the roses hid their heads away;
but the first rose that blooms in summer
was not so lovely as her face that day.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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First Rose Of Summer 1919 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse & Anne Caldwell
© MCMXIX & MCMXXII by T.B. Harms Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
opn Friday 03 February 2006 at 23.36
in association with Doug Grierson
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