A popular song from 1906
Words and music by Harold Freeman
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- They called her rambling rose
Because she used to love to stray
They called her rambling rose
Because she always had her way
She rambled to the city
From a town she thought was dead
Her country sweetheart sent a note
And this is what he said
Chorus
Some day, you’ll ramble back to me
My little rambling rose
You’ll come back home, no more to roam
I want you, goodness knows
You’ll soon be tired of city life
Of all the noise and whirl and strife
Then you’ll come back and be my wife
My little rambling rose
- She loved the lights of Broadway
And she loved the whirl and noise
She loved to dine at Rector’s
With a lot of college boys
Then one day came a longing
For the boy she used to miss
She sent a little letter home
And all it said was this
Chorus
Some day, I’ll ramble back to you
My heart so homesick grows
I’ll come back home, no more to roam
I want you, goodness knows
I’m tired of all the whirl and noise
I’m sick of all the city boys
I’m coming home for old time joys
Your little rambling rose