A popular song from 1918
Words by James E. Dempsey
Music by Jos. A. Burke
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. I watched a sweet rose droop and die
For want of rain and wondered why
The raindrops, when at last, they came
Could not restore its bloom again
You’re like the rose, I’m like the rain
You wanted me and called in vain
Perhaps you wonder why I’m here
I’ve come to say I’m sorry, dear
CHORUS:
It’s never too late to be sorry
I’m sorry I taught you to care
I wish I could lift from your shoulders
The cross I have made you bear
Can’t mend a heart I have broken
There isn’t a thing I can do
But it’s never too late to be sorry
And God knows I’m sorry for you
2. I know on God’s unerring slate
The charge against me must be great
And ev’ry sinful move I’ve made
Is entered as a debt unpaid
But in the Book we all know of
I‘ve found these tender words of love
“When tears of sweet contrition flow
Then scarlet sins are made as snow”