June Brought the Roses

A popular ballad from 1924
Words by Ralph Stanley
Music by John Openshaw


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Red leaves, faded and dead leaves
    Seabirds flown
    ‘Round me winter had found me
    Sad and lone
    Life seemed one long December
    Skies were grey
    Dearest, then I remember
    One sweet day

Refrain:
June brought the roses so fragrant with dew
June brought the sunbeams
And when they peeped through
Songbirds were singing, melodies ringing
Bidding the world love anew
There in Love’s garden my dreams all came true
I found a red rose, the fairest that grew
After the grey days, after the May days
June brought the roses and you.

  1. Sad hours all will be glad hours
    Come what may
    New skies wonderful blue skies
    Light my way
    Winter shadows returning
    Hold no fears
    With Love’s light ever burning
    Through the years