Rose, Rose, I Love You - Dick Lee

Rose rose I love you with your almond eyes

Fragrant and slender under asian skies

I must cross the sea again

And never see you more

Way back to my home on a distant shore

Make way oh make way for my eastern rose

Men will crowd in dozens everywhere she goes

In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret

All my life I shall remember

Oriental music and you in my arms

Perfumed flowers in your tresses

Lotus scented breezes and swaying palms

Rose rose I love you my ship is in the bay

Kiss me farewell now there's nothing more to say

East is east and west is west

I must leave you now but I leave my heart

Perfumed flowers in your tresses

Lotus scented breezes and swaying palms

Rose rose I love you with an aching heart

Tell me what's your future now we have to part

Standing on the jetty as the steamer move away

Flower of malaya I cannot stay