A popular song from 1921
Words and music by Fred Fisher and Willie Raskin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Halcyon Days Music:
Lyrics
- Lost in a city that has no pity
I found a rose, Little lonesome rose
Where smiling faces, hide broken hearts
In happy places, where sorrow starts
Chorus:
I found a rose in the devils garden
Wand’ring alone, little lonesome rose
For her the sun is never shining
For her the cloud’s have no silver lining
I found a rose in the devil’s garden
Playing the game of the Moth and Flame
Beneath the powder and paint
Maybe the heart of a saint
Where sorrow grows, I found a rose
- Some body’s sister whose folks have missed her
A mother dear sheds a lonesome tear
For little baby who went away
She’s kneeling maybe, just now to pray
Chorus:
I found a rose in the devils garden
Wand’ring alone, little lonesome rose
For her the sun is never shining
For her the cloud’s have no silver lining
I found a rose in the devil’s garden
Playing the game of the Moth and Flame
But maybe deep in her heart
She’s thinking of a new start
Where sorrow grows, I found a rose
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: