Roses Of Picardy (from "Oh! It's A Lovely War")

Roses Of Picardy - Ernest Pike/George Grossmith

Roses are shining in Picardy

In the hush of the morning dew

Roses are flowering in Picardy

But there's never a rose like you

And the roses will die with the summertime

And our roads may be far apart

But there's one rose that dies not in Picardy

That's the rose that I wear in my heart

And the years fly on for ever

Till the shadow veils their skies

But he loves to hold her hand

And look in her sea blue eyes

And she sees the road by the poplars

Where they met in the bygone years

For the first little song of the roses

Is the last little song that she hears

Roses are shining in Picardy

In the hush of the morning dew

Roses are flowering in Picardy

But there's never a rose like you

And the roses will die with the summertime

And our roads may be far apart

But there's one rose that dies not in Picardy

That's the rose that I wear in my heart