The First Rose Of Summer 1919 'A New Girl'

by James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 07 Mar 2005

[Jacqueline:] I have wondered if it could be
I should be the first one that you loved,
as but few loved,
it's a question oft rehearsed.
I suppose you trifled sometimes,
just like all the rest.
But I'm so glad that it chanced to be,
the first you cared for was little me.
For I know the first is always best.

The first rose in the garden blooming
is the first smile on the face of spring;
the first song heard from the bluebird
makes your eyes fill
with such a heart thrill,
The first kiss that you give your sweetheart
is the fondest that you recall
and the first rose that blooms in summer,
is like your first love the best of all.

The first rose in the garden blooming
is the first smile on the face of spring;
the first song heard from the bluebird
makes your eyes fill
with such a heart thrill,
The first kiss that you give your sweetheart
is the fondest that you recall
and the first rose that blooms in summer,
is like your first love the best of all.

[Bertie:] I have often heard it quoted:
"The best love is last,"
but it's not true, for I've got you,
and I mean to hold you fast.
Other girls have smiled
and I smiled right back at them too.
But you're the first girl in all my life,
that I have asked to be my first wife.
Nobody could fill that place but you.

The first rose in the garden blooming
is the first smile on the face of spring;
the first song heard from the bluebird
makes your eyes fill
with such a heart thrill,
The first kiss that you give your sweetheart
is the fondest that you recall
and the first rose that blooms in summer,
is like your first love the best of all.

The first rose in the garden blooming
is the first smile on the face of spring;
the first song heard from the bluebird
makes your eyes fill
with such a heart thrill,
The first kiss that you give your sweetheart
is the fondest that you recall
and the first rose that blooms in summer,
is like your first love the best of all.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The First Rose Of Summer 1919 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Anne Caldwell
from "A New Girl"
© MCMXIX by T.B.Harms Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 07 March 2005 at 10.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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