(Wilfrid Thomas / Arranged by Chris Langdon)
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Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
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What is your future, now we have to part
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Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
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Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay
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Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose
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Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
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In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
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"Please make way for Rose" you can hear them say
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All my life I shall remember
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Oriental music and you in my arms
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Perfumed flowers in your tresses
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Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms
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Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes
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Fragrant and slender 'neath tropical skies
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I must cross the seas again and never see you more
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'way back to my home on a distant shore
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(All my life I shall remember)
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(Oriental music and you in my arms)
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(Perfumed flowers in your tresses)
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(Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms)
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Rose, Rose I leave you, my ship is in the bay
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Kiss me farewell now, there's nothin' to say
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East is East and West is West, our worlds are far apart
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I must leave you now but I leave my heart
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Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
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What is your future, now we have to part
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Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
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Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay
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(Rose, Rose I love you, I cannot stay)
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Rose, Rose I Love You
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| Frankie Laine |
