A 1907 popular song.
Words by Will A. Mahoney.
Music by Halsey K. Mohr.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Jonathan Parks:
Lyrics
- The poets tell a very pretty story, Mary Jane
How a blushing rose once loved a drop of rain
This raindrop from the heavens
Fell upon the rose’s breast
And whispered, “Bonnie Rose, I love you best”
But when the golden sun came out
And drove the rain away
The rose began to lose its bloom and die
Like the lone rose in the story
My heart’s dying day by day
For it misses you, dear
Since we said goodbye
Chorus
I miss you, yes, I miss you
Like the roses missed the rain
The robins above me
Seem to sing the same refrain
Like the rose, without its raindrop
My heart too, is filled with pain
For I miss you like the roses missed the rain
- Now a summer day is ending
And the sun sinks in the sky
The stream that turned the mill is all run dry
The birds in vain are singing
There’s no music sweet to me
The flowers droop their heads in sympathy
I’m waiting by that little rustic gate down in the lane
Where last I kissed you when you went away
Just come back to me once more dear
Let me love you once again
Let me hold you in my arms and softly say
Sung here by Nick Mango: