Tune from the Roaring
Twenties
When
You Wore A Tulip was written in 1924. The words are
byJack Mahoney and the music by Percy Wenrich (b. Jan.
23, 1887, Joplin, MO d. March 17, 1952, New York, N.Y.)
The
Music
When You Wore
A Tulip
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The
Song
The song in this book which is sung to the
tune of
"When You Wore A
Tulip"
- Big Red Rose
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When You Wore A Tulip
Verse
I MET YOU IN A BOW-ER IN AN OLD KEN-TUCK-Y TOWN,
THE SUN WAS SHIN-ING DOWN, YOU WORE A GING-HAM GOWN.
I KISSED YOU AS I PLACED A YEL-LOW TU-LIP IN YOUR HAIR,
UP-ON MY COAT YOU PINNED A ROSE SO RARE.
TIME HAS NOT CHANGED YOUR LOVE-LI-NESS, YOU'RE JUST AS
SWEET TO ME,
I LOVE YOU, BUT I CAN'T FOR-GET THE DAYS THAT USED TO BE;
Chorus
WHEN YOU WORE A TU-LIP, A SWEET YEL-LOW TU-LIP,
AND I WORE A BIG RED ROSE,
WHEN YOU CA-RESSED ME, 'TWAS THEN HEAV-EN BLESSED ME,
WHAT A BLESS-ING NO ONE KNOWS.
YOU MADE LIFE CHEER-Y WHEN YOU CALLED ME
"DEARIE,"
'TWAS DOWN WHERE THE BLUE-GRESS GROWS,
YOUR LIPS WERE SWEET-ER THAN JU-LEP, WHEN YOU WORE THAT
TU-LIP,
AND I WORE A BIG RED ROSE
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