Key: C
Introduction: C G7 C C
C
There are flowers that are rich, there are flowers that are rare
F C
On the banks where the bright waters flow
F
But the sweetest of all nature's flowers to bloom
C G C
Was my darlin' the Blue River Rose
G7 C
Her eyes were the petals that glisten so bright
G7
Her smile was the sunshine so fair
C F
And the heart of my beautiful Rose was as true,
C G7 C
As her tears like the dew sprinkled there
C
In the bright month of June, neath that old southern moon
F C
At the altar each promise we'd close
F
But old fate played its part and soon broke the heart
C G C
Of my darlin' my Blue River Rose
G7 C
Her father objected said think of our pride
G7
We would never outlive such a crime
C F
There are plenty of men who are wealthy and then
C G7 C
Would be up in the world such as I
C
So they sent her away to some far distant land
F C
A vacation they told her it would be
F
When the leaves start to fall it is then we will call
C G C
And you may return o'er the sea
G C
A year had passed on then the postman one morn
G7
Brought a letter to me and I read
C F
The rose that once bloomed in your garden of love
C G7 C
Has all withered your darlin' is dead
C
Now I'm left all alone this old world I must roam
F C
How I'll face every care heaven knows
F
But each night by that stream I'll still meet her in dreams
C G C
My darlin' my Blue River Rose