Red Sovine Little Rosa Lyrics

(Little Rosa was her name and still I cry in vain
My world won't be the same since she's gone from me)

I had gone to visit the grave of a friend of mine and as I walked through the grave yard
I noticed this man kneeling down by the grave of a child
And in his hand he held a big red rose and tears were streaming down his cheeks
I walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder and started to talk to him
And during the course of our conversation and in his broken English
This is the story just as he told it to me:

He said a-Mister I'm-a walk-a down the street-a today
And I pass-a-bye a big flower shop
I walked in and I ask-a the man in the shop I ask boss how much is for one red rose
Then he look-a at me with-a one big frown and he say-a one dollar please
But in a bye 'n' a bye a swell-a dressed blonde young lady walk-a in
And she say-a how much is for one red rose
And he looked at her with one big-a smile and he says it's ten cents
Now I said boss how come you charge-a me a dollar for the rose
And you charge-a the young lady only ten cents
And he says look-a Mister you tell-a me why you want the rose
And maybe I give it to you for nothing

I said boss I'm a hard working man working a railroad don't make-a too much money
And I got a little girl and her name is Rosa Ah, Rosa's just about this high boss
Every day when I'd come-a home from the work little Rosa come-a running to meet her papa
And she throw her little arms around my neck and say papa and I'd say Rosa
But one day boss I'm-a come home from work and I don't-a see Rosa
I looked down by the railroad track and I see one big crowd
I'd go down and I pushed the crowd this a way and pushed the crowd that a way
There boss at my feet lay my little Rosa and that's why I want the rose boss
I wanna put it on little Rosa's grave
The man he didn't say naught but he pick-a the biggest and the reddest rose
And he gave it to me
And I said thank you boss thank you very much

And though she's gone you see she's still the world to me
To me she'll always be that little girl of mine