Oklahoma Rose Lyrics
Oklahoma Rose - John Roche
All round de moon clouds are hangin' high an' hazy
On de lagoon moonbeams are lyin' lazy
Dat's when dis coon's g'wine to meet ma Maisie
An' I'm singin' de same old song
It's not about ma Dinah 'way down in Carolina
Ma latest love is finer dan any flow'r dat blows
In fact she don't remind me of gals I've left behind me
For true love's chains dey bind me to Oklahoma's Rose
She can trip like moonbeams on de water
Ev'ry step dis colour'd coon he taught her
Just one clip around her waist I caught her
When de band play'd Mumbling Most
She's ma rose ma lily an' ma daisy
Where she goes the coloured coons go crazy
All I knows is ma Aminta Maisie
And the Oklahoma Rose
She hears me call an' she comes a-creepin' creepin'
Over de wall she see me leapin' leapin'
Big folks an' small quietly are sleepin'
When I meet ma lily belle
Up an' down de ladder I'm slippin' like a shadder
No one could be gladder dan me I don't suppose
Oh ain't I glad I found her
In love chains I have bound her
Her face is rather 'rounder it's rounder dan de moon
She can trip like moonbeams on de water
Ev'ry step dis colour'd coon he taught her
Just one clip around her waist I caught her
When de band play'd Mumbling Most
She's ma rose ma lily an' ma daisy
Where she goes the coloured coons go crazy
All I knows is ma Aminta Maisie
On the Oklahoma's Rose