From the musical “Rose-Marie”, 1924
Words by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Rudolf Friml
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Ah, sweet Rose-Marie, it’s easy to see
Why all who learn to know you love you
You’re gentle and kind, divinely designed
As graceful as the pines above you
There’s an angel’s breath beneath your sigh
There’s a little devil in your eye
Refrain
Rose-Marie. I love you
I’m always dreaming of you
No matter what I do I can’t forget you
Sometimes I wish that I had never met you
And yet if I should lose you
‘Twould mean my very life to me
Of all the queens that ever lived
I’d choose you
To rule me, my Rose-Marie
- The song of the spring is heard when you sing
And when you laugh the birds seem thrilling
But angry oh my you’d think that the sky
With storms from the north is filling
Then when smiles have chased away your frown
Seems the sun itself is shining down
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: