ROBINS AND ROSES
(Edgar Leslie / Joe Burke)

Bing Crosby - 1936
Orville Knapp & His Orchestra - 1936
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Edythe Wright) - 1936
Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys - 1936
George Hall & Taft Hotel Orch. (vocal Dolly Dawn) - 1936
Lee Wiley - 1936
Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans (vocal: Anne Lenner) - 1936
Sidney Lipton & His Orch. - 1936
Jim Davidson & His Orch. - 1936
Ted Weems & His Orch. - 1938
June Christy - 1949
Don Bagley Band - 1957
Pat Boone - 1958
Jeri Southern - 1958
Rebecca Kilgore - 1999

Also recorded by: Red Nichols; Charlie Kunz; Fred Waring.





As recorded by BING CROSBY
with Victor Young's Orch., 29th March 1936:


I simply can't resist becomin' an optimist
And if you please your love is causing me
To sing you a rhapsody in many keys
I've got your future arranged for
Under conditions like these

Robins and roses, and maybe a tree
A few morning glories, a cottage two storeys high
Robins and roses, and your love for me
To live on forever, my love never to die

A place where neighbours may drop in
And smile when they see
An armchair to flop in
We can add to their glee servin' afternoon tea

Mid robins and roses, and then life will be
A poem by Kipling, while troubles go rippling by

(Instrumental Break)

A place where neighbours are gonna drop in
And they'll smile when they see
An armchair to flop in
We can add to their glee servin' afternoon tea

Mid robins and those roses, and then life will be
A poem by Kipling, while troubles go rippling by


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - January 2016)