When The Twilight Comes To Kiss The Rose "Good-Night"
Composer(s): Robert F. Roden; Henry W. Petrie
Near a rose bush down in Dixie I am dreaming
the leaves of time I'm turning over and over
and I see you once again with fond eyes gleaming
while the nightingale sings love's sweet song
Lenore, my lost Lenore
The twilight comes to kiss the rose "Good-Night!" dear
as in the golden days of "Auld Lang Syne"
and it seems to me I see love's tender light, dear
in the Southern eyes that once were mine, all mine!
Tho' the garden is deserted now, my dearie
the rose bush blooms as in the days of yore
tho' to me the wide, wide world seems mighty dreary
my fond heart still holds the old love
sweet Lenore, my lost Lenore
I wonder if the love that was denied me
still guides your footsteps thro' the world a right
or if sometimes, dear, you long to be beside me
when the twilight comes to kiss the rose "Goodnight!"
When the twilight comes to kiss the rose "Goodnight!"
and the stars, like jewels, gleam with silvry light
I can see the love light shine
once again you're mine all mine
when the twilight comes to kiss the rose "Goodnight!"
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