RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY
(Columbia CS-9133)
April/1965
Produced by Don Law & Frank Jones
Grady Martin - lead guitar
Sam Pruett, Ray Edenton, Curtis Gibson - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Little Roy Wiggins - steel
Joe Zinkan - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Bill Pursell, Fred Shumate - piano
The Jordanaires - vocals
Recorded:
Jan 26-28/1965, Columbia Studios, Nashville, Nashville
1.
RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY
(Sid Tepper - Roy C. Bennett)
« © '48 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Sis'n Bro Music, ASCAP »
I want some red roses for a blue lady
Mr Florest take my order please
We had a silly quarrel the other day
Hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away
Wrap up some red roses for a blue lady
Send them to the sweetest gal in town
And if they do the trick I'll hurry back to pick
Your best white orchid for her wedding gown
(I want some red roses for a blue lady)
[ piano ]
We had a silly quarrel...
(Best white orchid for her wedding gown)
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2.
ROSES
(Tim Spencer - Glenn Spencer)
« © '49 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Roses I send you roses
With all the love their tender blossoming discloses
Just like my arms they'll open wide
You'll see my heart inside
Please dear embrace the roses
Until I come to you and when the long day closes
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame
[ piano ]
Please dear embrace the roses...
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3.
PETAL FROM A FADED ROSE
(Merle Travis - Leon Rusk)
« © '53 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Here is a rose from the garden where the flower of romance grows
And I'll keep on apart near my aching heart just a petal from a faded rose
Love'd be sweet in the evening when the breeze of summer blows
But will fade and die when the winter's nigh like a petal from a faded rose
[ guitar ]
Now our love is a mem'ry where it's gone not only knows
But I'll hold so dear as a souvenir just a petal from a faded rose
Just a petal from a faded rose
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4.
BOUQUET OF ROSES
(Steve Nelson - Bob Hillard)
« © '47 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Better Half Music, ASCAP »
I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses
One for every time you broke my heart
And as the door of love between us closes
Tears will fall like petals when we part
I begged you to be different but you'll always be untrue
I'm tired of forgiving now there's nothing left to do
So I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses
One for every time you broke my heart
[ guitar ]
You've made our lover's lane a road of sorrow
Till at last we had to say goodbye
You're leaving me to face each new tomorrow
With a broken heart you taught to cry
I know that I should hate you after all you've put me through
But how can I be bitter when I'm still in love with you
So I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses
One for every time you broke my heart
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5.
VIOLET AND A ROSE
(Mel Tillis - Bud Auge - John Reinfield)
« © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Roses are red violets are blue
I'm sending red red roses to you
If you care to send some flowers to me
Then send me some violets I'm blue as can be
A violet fell in love with a rose
And started it flushing from its head to its toes
Then one day the rose was kissed by the dew
A new love was born and the violet turned blue
Roses are red violets are blue...
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6.
TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES
(Ken Carson - Johnny Lange)
« © '65 Johnny Lange Music, ASCAP »
Don't mind the teardrops on the roses that I sent you
I didn't mean to show my broken heart this way
No matter what you do you'll never lose my love dear
As far as I'm concerned you're in my heart to stay
And if the teardrops make the red red roses fade and fall apart
Throw aside the broken petals like you threw away my heart
Don't mind the teardrops on the roses that I sent you
I didn't mean to show my broken heart this way
[ steel ]
You'll find a card among the roses that I sent you
Saying love like ours should never die and I'll be true
Don't mind the teardrops on the roses that I sent you
I didn't mean to show my broken heart this way
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7.
CONVICT AND THE ROSE
(Betty Chapin - Robert A. King)
« © '25 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
Within my prison cell so dreary alone I sit with weary heart
I'm thinking of my lonely darling from her forever I must part
A rose she sent me as a token she sent it just to light my gloom
To tell me that her heart is broken to cheer me fore I meet my doom
[ steel ]
She wrote I took it from the garden where once we wandered side by side
But now you hold no hope of pardon and I can never be your bride
Goodbye sweetheart for in the morning I'll meet my Maker in repose
And when I'll go at daylight's dawning against my heart they'll find the rose
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8.
ROSES ARE RED (MY LOVE)
(Paul Evans - Al Byron)
« © '62 Music Sales, ASCAP / Port Music, ASCAP »
Roses are red my love violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love but not as sweet as you
A long long time ago on graduation day
You handed me your book I signed this way
Roses are red my love...
We dated through school and when the big day came
I wrote into your book next to my name
Roses are red my love...
Then I went far away and you found someone new
I read your letter dear and I wrote back to you
Roses are red my love violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love good luck may God bless you
Is that your little girl she looks a lot like you
Some day some boy will write in her book too
Roses are red my love...
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9.
ONE ROSE (THAT'S LEFT IN MY HEART)
(Del Lyon - Lani McIntire)
« © '53 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
You're as sweet as the red rose in June dear
I love you adore you I do
Each night through loveland we wander sweetheart
Telling love stories anew
Out of the blue sky a dark cloud came rolling
Breaking my heart in two
Don't leave me alone I love only you
You're the one rose that's left in my heart
[ steel ]
Out of the blue sky...
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10.
YESTERDAY'S ROSES
(Gene Autry - Fred Rose)
« © '65 Western Music, ASCAP / Milene Music, ASCAP »
Roses pressed in a Bible bring me sweet mem'ries of you
Roses withered and faded as same as a love I once knew
Yesterday's roses covered with teardrops
Yesterday's teardrops sparkle like dew
I'll always treasure yesterday's roses
Telling a story that never came true
[ steel ]
Sometimes when I'm alone dear my poor heart is breaking inside
True love we might have klnown dear but just like the roses it died
Yesterday's roses covered with teardrops...
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11.
BY THE RIVER OF THE ROSES
(Joe Burke - Marty Symes)
« © '64 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP / Fred Ahlert Music, ASCAP / Joe Burke Music, ASCAP »
I met her by the river of the roses
The sweetest girl beside of the Alamo
I left her by the river of the roses
With tear-dimmed eyes she whispered I'll miss you so
All the roses have faded since we've been apart
But the one rose she gave me will always bloom within my heart
And someday by the river of the roses
I don't know when but we'll meet again I know
She's waiting by the river of the roses
The sweetest girl beside of the Alamo
[ steel ]
All the roses have faded...
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12.
ONE ROSE (IS ALL IT TAKES TO SAY I LOVE YOU)
(Hugh X. Lewis)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
One rose is all it takes to say I love you
He can't hear her voice but he still knows
My love for you is deeper than its color
One love one life one last kiss and one rose
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