Oklahoma Rose-John Roche

[ti:Oklahoma Rose] [ar:John Roche] [al:Songs of Percy French's Ireland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oklahoma Rose - John Roche [00:06.85]All round de moon clouds are hangin' high an' hazy [00:11.74]On de lagoon moonbeams are lyin' lazy [00:17.20]Dat's when dis coon's g'wine to meet ma Maisie [00:22.26]An' I'm singin' de same old song [00:27.42]It's not about ma Dinah 'way down in Carolina [00:33.04]Ma latest love is finer dan any flow'r dat blows [00:38.34]In fact she don't remind me of gals I've left behind me [00:43.35]For true love's chains dey bind me to Oklahoma's Rose [00:51.11] [00:52.19]She can trip like moonbeams on de water [00:57.13]Ev'ry step dis colour'd coon he taught her [01:01.98]Just one clip around her waist I caught her [01:06.30]When de band play'd Mumbling Most [01:10.02] [01:11.48]She's ma rose ma lily an' ma daisy [01:16.09]Where she goes the coloured coons go crazy [01:20.84]All I knows is ma Aminta Maisie [01:25.12]And the Oklahoma Rose [01:29.10] [01:33.66]She hears me call an' she comes a-creepin' creepin' [01:39.00]Over de wall she see me leapin' leapin' [01:44.42]Big folks an' small quietly are sleepin' [01:49.35]When I meet ma lily belle [01:53.91] [01:55.07]Up an' down de ladder I'm slippin' like a shadder [02:00.05]No one could be gladder dan me I don't suppose [02:05.06]Oh ain't I glad I found her [02:07.26]In love chains I have bound her [02:10.14]Her face is rather 'rounder it's rounder dan de moon [02:17.69] [02:18.82]She can trip like moonbeams on de water [02:23.97]Ev'ry step dis colour'd coon he taught her [02:28.67]Just one clip around her waist I caught her [02:32.99]When de band play'd Mumbling Most [02:36.62] [02:38.37]She's ma rose ma lily an' ma daisy [02:42.98]Where she goes the coloured coons go crazy [02:47.53]All I knows is ma Aminta Maisie [02:51.65]On the Oklahoma's Rose