Rose of Washington Square 1920 Fanny Brice

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Dec 2006
2006

A garden that never knew sunshine
once shelter'd a beautiful rose
in the shadows it grew,
without sunlight or dew
as a child of the city grows,
A butterfly flew in the garden
from out of the blue sky above,
the heart of the rose set a flutter
with a wonderful tale of love.
He told her of birds and of bees,
of the brooks and the meadows
and trees, he whispered:

Rose of Washington Square
a flower so fair
should blossom where the sun shines,
Rose, for nature did not mean
that you should blush unseen,
but be the queen of some fair garden,
Rose, I'll never depart
but dwell in your heart
your love to care
I'll bring the sunbeams
from the Heavens to you
and give you kisses
that sparkle with dew
My Rose of Washington Square.

Rose of Washington Square
a flower so fair
should blossom where the sun shines,
Rose, for nature did not mean
that you should blush unseen,
but be the queen of some fair garden,
Rose, I'll never depart
but dwell in your heart
your love to care
I'll bring the sunbeams
from the Heavens to you
and give you kisses
that sparkle with dew
My Rose of Washington Square.

But after the summer comes autumn
when flowers their petals must close,
for the songbirds are still
and the breezes are chill
to the cheek of the blushing rose.
The gay butterfly's wings are folded
the heart of the rose has grown cold
a butterfly lives but a season
and a rose in a week grows old,
the meadows, the brooks and the trees
like the birds and the flowers
and bees need sunshine:

Rose of Washington Square
a flower so fair
should blossom where the sun shines,
Rose, for nature did not mean
that you should blush unseen,
but be the queen of some fair garden,
Rose, I'll never depart
but dwell in your heart
your love to care
I'll bring the sunbeams
from the Heavens to you
and give you kisses
that sparkle with dew
My Rose of Washington Square.

Rose of Washington Square
a flower so fair
should blossom where the sun shines,
Rose, for nature did not mean
that you should blush unseen,
but be the queen of some fair garden,
Rose, I'll never depart
but dwell in your heart
your love to care
I'll bring the sunbeams
from the Heavens to you
and give you kisses
that sparkle with dew
My Rose of Washington Square.

Soft karaoke
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Rose of Washington Square 1920
introduced by Fanny Brice in the new
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
Music by James F.Hanley
© MCMXX by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc. N.Y.
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 07 December 2006 at 12.24am
in association with Doug Grierson
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