Sweet Rosie Jones

Sweet Rosie Jones - Buck Owens/Buddy Alan

I met her out in Oklahoma

Down where the old Red River flows

I vowed my love to her forever

She was my sweet sweet Rosie Jones

We walked alone down by the river

Just as the sun was sinking low

And in her eyes I saw big trouble

Like the muddy waters down below

Her lips were soft and sweet as honey

Her hair was bright as yellow gold

Her cheeks were red as summer roses

She was my sweet sweet Rosie Jones

And then one day a tall dark stranger

With hair as black as winter coal

Rode into town as night was falling

And there he met my Rosie Jones

I woke next morning just after sunup

To find a note from my Rosie's hand

And it read

"I'd rather die than ever hurt you

But I'm in love with that tall dark man"

So now I walk alone down by the river

Where my sweet Rosie used to stroll

And soon I'm gonna join

Those deep dark waters

For I can't live without Rosie Jones

Her lips were soft and sweet as honey

Her hair was bright as yellow gold

Her cheeks were red as summer roses

She was my sweet sweet Rosie Jones