(Rambling Rose of the Wildwood)
A popular song from 1931
English words by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Music by Moises Simons
Arranged by Rosamond Johnson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- All in vain I’ve been dreaming
Of a love light that’s beaming
In my dreams I carressed you
In my arms fondly pressed you
Now my hoping is ended
It was never intended
You’re just coquetting I’d be forgetting
But you are not letting me dear
Refrain
Marta, rambling rose of the wildwood
Marta, with your fragrance divine
Rosebud of the days of my childhood
Watched you bloom in the wildwood
And I hoped you’d be mine
Marta, now your eyes beam at twilight
Sparkling like each dewdrop at dawn
Marta, when I look for your lovelight
I awake with a sigh
And I find you are gone