Broadway Rose
Composer(s): Victor Arden; Eugene West;
Martin Fried; Otis Spencer
Performer(s): Original Dixieland Jazz Band
and various other artists



A pretty flower grows along old Broadway 
A mid'st the throng, gay life and song I found her drooping there 
My heart went out to her I met on Broadway 
A faded little rose, beneath the white light's glare

I think about the rose I saw on Broadway 
Her listless face, her trembling gaze 
Beneath the starry sky, I'm praying for a little rose on Broadway 
Her sad and bitter tears, In mem'ry will be nigh

Broadway Rose, there's a tear in your eye 
Broadway Rose, seems I oft' hear you sigh 
though you wear fancy clothes and you show silken hose 
you're alone, as they all pass you by
Broadway Rose, hide your cares in a smile 
for to you tears have gone out of style 
still at heart you're a gem 
though the whole world condemn no one knows of your woes, Broadway Rose