LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, THE
Richard Alfred Milliken (m) Thomas Moore (l)   1813

as rec by Deanna Durbin w Orch cond by Charles Previn  1938

also rec by-
Gracie Fields '40
Nina Simone '64
Nana Mouskouri (in Fr)


'Tis the last rose of Summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone.
No flowers of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.






(Contributed by Peter Akers - July 2009)