Saturday, June 25, 2011

At the Music Hall: Only a Rose, 1925

Red rose out of the east Tell the love I love least. "Who knows?
Red rose out of the west
Tell the love I love best "Love is a rose"


Only a rose I give you.
Only a song dying away,
Only a smile to keep in memory
Until we meet another day.


Only a rose to whisper,
Blushing as roses do,
"I'll bring along a smile or a song for anyone"
Only a rose for you.


A popular sentimental favorite, “Only a Rose,” was a hit at music halls and has been recorded dozens of times since its 1925 debut in the musical, “The Vagabond King” by Rudolf Friml and Brian Hooker.



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