Little Rosa Lyrics

A tiny turned up nose, two cheeks just like a rose

So sweet from head to toe, that little girl of mine

I had gone to visit the grave of a friend of mine

And as I walked through the graveyard

I noticed this man kneeling down by a grave of a child

And as I started to walk by

I noticed that he had a big red rose in his hand

And tears were streaming down his cheeks

I walk over, laid a hand on his shoulder

And started to talk to him

And in the course of the conversation

And in his broken English

This is the story as he told it to me

He said, "Mister, I walk-a-down the street-a today

And-a I pass-a by a big-a flower shop

I walk-a into the shop and I ask-a the man"

I said, "Boss, how much for one-a red rose?"

And-a he look-a at me with one big frown

And he said, "One-a dollar, please"

But a-by and-a by a swell dressed blond young-a lady walk-a in

And she said-a, "How much for-a one red rose?"

And-a he look-a at her with big-a smile

And he said-a, "Ten cent"

And I said-a, "Boss, how come-a you charge-a me
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A dollar for the rose and you charge-a the lady only ten-a cents"

And he said-a, "Look, tell me why you want-a the rose

And maybe I give it to you for nothing"

And I said, "Boss, I'm hard-a working man

I work-a for the railroad

And I got-a little girl and her name is Rosa

Rosa is just about this-a high, Boss

Everyday when I come-a home from work

Little Rosa come-a running to meet her papa"

She throws her little arms around my neck

And say, "Papa" and I say, "Rosa"

But one-a day, Boss I come home from work

And I don't-a see Rosa

I look down by the railroad tracks and I see-a one big-a crowd

I go down and push-a the crowd this way

And I push-a the crowd that way

And there at my feet lay my little Rosa

And that's why I want-a the Rose-a Boss

I want to put them on my little Rosa grave

The man he don't-a say nothing

But he pick the biggest and reddest rose and he give-a to me

And I said, "Thank-a you, Boss, I thank you very much"

And though she's gone, you see she's the world to me

To me she'll always be, that's little girl of mine