A popular song from 1910.
Words by Edward Madden.
Music by Gus. Edwards.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Who knows beautiful-a Rose
Got-a fac-a on her like Italian Madonna
With-a same style like Venus De Mile
She’s-a got-a figga mak you want-a dance de jig-ga
And-a feet small, can’t-a see at all
Just-a mak-a fella dream-a bout-a Cinderella
But-a say boys, she’s-a got de voice
Ring-a when she sing-a like-a bell-a, dong-a, ding-a
That’s-a
Chorus
Rosa Rigoletto
Voic-a just as swell-a like-a bell
Oh, what the h…
“Say” I want-a bet you my stiletto
She mak-a Tetrazzini sing
De scene behind de screen
She got-a pretty face like Cavalieri
Got-a pretty voice like sweet canarie
When she sings Lucee
Make you climb a tree
Dat’s my gal-a Rosie
- Don’t talk Rosa got de walk
Wiggle in de Bussel like-a Lillian-a Russell
When-a she dance, don’t you take de chance
All the crazy wop-a holla
Come and kiss de papa
Baby, she play Opra all-a day
Bang-a Rusticanna till she break-a da piano
But-a she sing any old-a thing
Rhym-a evy tim-a like-a church-a bell-a chim-a
That’s-a
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: