anybody know these lyrics?
farjr
Rose would say, don't you worry none, we'll have good times by and by, next
fall when the works all done.
I don't know the title, or the artist. anybody? Thanks. B.
Tiny Dancer
On his official site, Rod McKuen mentions this as "the chorus to an old
song of mine" but doesn't mention the title or any other lyrics, alas. The
link's here (not much info, though):
http://www.mckuen.com/flights/230399.htm
I couldn't find anything else online or in my small McKuen collection.
Sorry about that, hope someone else comes through!
Cheers,
TD
Now as the years roll on
Each time we hear our favorite song
The memories come along
Older times we're missing
Spending the hours reminiscing
from Little River Band's "Reminiscing"
for a good time call
http://the70s.cjb.net
The Sesame Street Lyrics and Sounds Archive
http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/index.html
Lady Giraffe
From another 'flights' on the mckuen site
The song is called 'Rose'
"Rod, Years ago (1968) at a little coffee house in Tulsa I heard some one
sing a song that I have just learned that you wrote. I don't know the title
but the "That's okay, Rose would say" part is how I found your site.
Are the lyrics, or a recording of it available? This song is on a list of
lyrics I have been looking for years. I would greatly appreciate any help
you could give.
Thanks for all the wonderful wordsmithing, Jack Hoop, Santa Rosa CA."
From Rod:
"Dear Jack, The song is entitled "Rose" and it's available from Stanyan By
Mail on the CD "Early Harvest," (12 445) It's a compilation of early & late
Rod that I especially like and it was released in 1994.
I wrote "Rose in 1962 and first recorded it for commercial release two years
later. Here, thanks to the Jay Hagan McKuen Files, are the lyrics:
Rose
I married Rose in Twenty-One
we got a little farm
the first year out
the barn burned down
I broke my good right arm.
From then on in things got bad
I guess they could have been worse
but seeing Rose in rags all day
made me wanna curse.
That's okay Rose'd say
don't you worry none
we'll have good times by and by
next fall when the works all done.
I watched her hands grow rough and red
from pickin' in the fields
putting up in Mason Jars
what little crops they'd yield.
I'd find what jobs there were in town
most times there were none
but Rose'd still have supper a waitin'
at night when the day was done.
That's okay Rose'd say
don't you worry none
we'll have good times by and by
next fall when the works all done.
Our first-born had a face like Rose
and I guess a temper like mine
she'd sleep all day and cry all night
but she grew up and married fine.
Our only son went off to fight
in Nineteen Forty and Four
a year went by and a telegram said
he ain't comin' home no more.
One winter night in Fifty Nine
Rose took a terrible chill
she went to sleep and she didn't wake up
I guess she's sleeping still.
But sometimes when the wind is singing
high up in the Chinaberry tree
it seems it not the wind at all
but Rose singing to me.
That's okay Rose'd say
don't you worry none
we'll have good times by and by
next fall when the works all done.
That's okay Rose'd say
don't you worry none
we'll have good times by and by
next fall when the works all done.
Words & music by Rod McKuen © copyright 1962, 1965 by Stanyan Music
Thanks for asking, Tim. Warmly, Rod
Tiny Dancer
>From another 'flights' on the mckuen site
>The song is called 'Rose'
<snippage>
Nice work, Lady G! I couldn't find the darn thing anywhere and there
it was right under my nose all along!
Cheers,
TD
You know I could whistle up an old tune, babe
That your memory just might recall
And I could rustle up some reminise
'Bout the good old days and all
from Harry Chapin's "If My Mary Were Here"
Lady Giraffe
"Tiny Dancer" <ti...@look.ca> wrote in message
news:3c3c5630...@news.look.ca...
> And so the word went out from "Lady Giraffe"
<lady_giraffedon'twann...@hotmail.com>:
>
> >From another 'flights' on the mckuen site
> >The song is called 'Rose'
>
> <snippage>
>
> Nice work, Lady G! I couldn't find the darn thing anywhere and there
> it was right under my nose all along!
>
> Cheers,
>
> TD
To me, it's amazing what *is* out there...and where you can find it.
As far as I'm concerned, google is the rule for that sort of stuff.
And I do this to learn new music...poetry to music! Inspiring!
I've also got quite an MP3 library because of it...<g>
lg
