PETAL FROM A FADED ROSE, A
(Leon Rusk / Merle Travis)

Leon Rusk - 1946
Johnny Bond - 1949
Rex Allen & The Arizona Wranglers - 1950
Slim Whitman - 1958
Little Jimmy Dickens - 1960
Hank Snow - 1961
George Morgan - 1965
Muriel Day - 1966
Wilma Burgess - 1968

Also recorded by:
Lula Belle; Brian Coll; Johnny Rusk; Chubby Wise; Kenneth Miller.



Here's a rose from the garden 
Where the bloom of romance grows
But I'll keep one part near my aching heart 
Just a petal from a faded rose

Love is sweet in the morning 
When the breeze of summer blows
But will fade and die when the winter's nigh 
Like a petal from a faded rose

(Instrumental Break)

Now our love is a mem'ry 
Where it's gone, nobody knows
But I'll hold so dear as a souvenir
Just a petal from a faded rose

I will live with the roses 
Where the stream of mem'ry flows
And each time I dream, there a tear will gleam
On this petal from a faded rose


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2018)