Rose Of The Rio Grande (An American Love Song) (Original Piano-Vocal version)

Lyric: Edgar Leslie
Music: Harry Warren & Ross Gorman
Year: 1922
Original publisher: Stark & Cowan, Inc.

Verse 1:

Pals, fellers and gals, out in a Lone star town,
Dance, full of romance after the sun goes down.
There dances a pair, fairest of fair is she;
He, proud as can be, croons one of his love tunes:

Chorus:

Rose of the Rio Grande,
Rose of the Borderland;
One word, then hand in hand,
We'll leave the preacher's side room,
Happy little bride and bride-groom.
Over those hills of sand,
I've got your love nest planned;
You claim it,
I'll name it,
"Rose of Rio Grande."

Verse 2:

Gangs on their mustangs wait at the canyon side,
Dressed up in their best, hopin' to kiss the bride.
Yells silence the bells after the pair appears,
Cheers ring in their ears, birds sing to these love words:

[Chorus]