rose rose i love you with an aching heart what is your future now we have to part
standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away flower of malaya i cannot stay
make way oh make way for my eastern rose men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
in her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret please make way for rose you can hear them say
all my life i shall remember oriental music and you in my own
perfect
flowers in your dresses lotus and it breezes and swaying
rose rose i love you with your almond eyes fragrant and slender beneath tropical skies
i must cross the seas again and never see you more way back to my home on a distant shore
all my life
i
shall
I shall remember oriental music and you in my heart
perfume flowers in your tresses
floral scented breezes and swaying boats
rose rose i leave you my ship is in the bay
kiss me farewell now there's nothing to say
east is east and west is west our worlds are far apart
east is east and west is west our worlds are far apart
i must leave you now but i leave my heart
rose rose i love you with an aching heart
what is your future now we have to part
standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
flower of malaya i cannot stay
rose rose i love you i cannot stay
rose rose i love you i cannot stay