Rose Of The Underworld 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Oct 2011
2011

Where the lights are burning low
down in Chinatown
there one night I chanced to go
down in Chinatown
It was there I heard a story old,
many times this story has been told;
Chinaman tells maiden fair
in the shadows there.

Rose of the underworld
your heart is sad
when it should be glad,
and I know Rose
tho' you may seem gay
at night when shadows fall
you start to cry
you're just a broken butterfly.
Oh, Rose
everybody knows
that you are down
and they still love you
but some day someone will win you
and find the good that's in you
Rose of the Underworld.

Rose of the underworld
your heart is sad
when it should be glad,
and I know Rose
tho' you may seem gay
at night when shadows fall
you start to cry
you're just a broken butterfly.
Oh, Rose
everybody knows
that you are down
and they still love you
but some day someone will win you
and find the good that's in you
Rose of the Underworld.

Where the lights are burning bright
up and down Broadway
with a lonesome heart each night,
there she winds her way
but when all the lights are burning low
down in Chinatown
this maid will go.
And the same old Chinaman
whispers soft and low.

Rose of the underworld
your heart is sad
when it should be glad,
and I know Rose
tho' you may seem gay
at night when shadows fall
you start to cry
you're just a broken butterfly.
Oh, Rose
everybody knows
that you are down
and they still love you
but some day someone will win you
and find the good that's in you
Rose of the Underworld.

Rose of the underworld
your heart is sad
when it should be glad,
and I know Rose
tho' you may seem gay
at night when shadows fall
you start to cry
you're just a broken butterfly.
Oh, Rose
everybody knows
that you are down
and they still love you
but some day someone will win you
and find the good that's in you
Rose of the Underworld.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Rose Of The Underworld 1922
by Billy Baskette, Jack Denny & Geo.S.Gilfillan Jr.
© MCMXXII by Edwd.B.Marks Music Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 10 October 2011 at 14.14
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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