LA ROSITA
Paul Dupont / Allan Stuart  1923

as rec by Dickie Valentine w Ted Heath & his Music

also re by-
Tex Beneke & his Orch '40's
The Four Aces
The International Novelty Orch
Mel Torme
Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins


Rosita my love, hear the song that I sing you,
Lean from above to the rose that I bring you.
Rosita my own, take the heart that I bring you,
'Tis thine alone, sweet Rosita my love!

Soft is the night to the sound of the Rio Grande,
Fragrant the night to the breath of desire.
Misty and white is the moon of lazy land,
Failing its light like a smoldering fire.

Swift through the night there rides a caballero from afar,
Swift to the light beneath the window of a lovely maid.
Tenderly light, there sounds the music of a sweet guitar,
There in the night the caballero sings a serenade.

Rosita my love, hear the song that I sing you,
Lean from above to the rose that I bring you.
Rosita my own, take the heart that I bring you,
'Tis thine alone, sweet Rosita my love!





(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2011)