My desert rose, 1918.
words and music by Byron Gay
This cool Arabian tune can be used for the One-Step. For that purpose I got the tempo a little slow. Sand Dunes was followed by songs about Araby and it’s sheiks.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Out where hot sands are blowing
Out where the dunes are growing
Lonely lands filled with beauties rare
Dreams of sweet desert perfumes
Mem’ries of rolling sand dunes
Make me long for an angel there
Sand dunes are calling
Sand dunes are calling
Chorus
Fairest of flowers is my sweet desert rose
And happy were all the hours
When o’er hills of sand we would roam
No clouds or showers in this land of repose
A world of true love is ours
Sweetheart, in our little sand dunes home
- Love, love, my heart is breaking
Love, love, my soul is aching
As the folds of my dreams unfurl
Come back, I hear you saying
Come back, I hear you praying
Back to “San Dunes” your sand dunes girl
Sand dunes are calling
Sand dunes are calling
Sung here by Fred Feild: