Rose, Rose, I Love You lyrics

Rose, Rose, I love you, with an aching heart

What is your future, now we have to part

Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away

Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay

Make way, oh, make way, for my Eastern Rose

Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes

In her rickshaw, on a street, or in a cabaret

“Please make way for Rose,” you can hear them say

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 with your almond eyes

Fragrant and slender, ‘neath tropical skies

I must cross the seas again and never see you more

Way back to my home on a distant shore

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 leave you, my ship is in the bay

Kiss me farewell now, there’s nothing to say

East is east and west is west, our worlds are far apart

I must leave you now, but I’ll leave my heart

Rose, Rose, I love you, with an aching heart

What is your future, now we have to part

Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away

Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay !

• Artist:Frankie Laine