RAINBOW
(Words by Alfred Bryan, Music by Percy Wenrich, ©1908)

When the rain was softly falling in a forest glade
Beyond the prairies far away,
Beneath a palm tree, so they say,
There stood an Indian chief one day.
There he spied a pretty maiden of a copper shade,
And as he gazed she drooped her head
To hide her cheek with blushes red
While these sweet words he said:

CHORUS: Come be my Rainbow,
my pretty Rainbow.
my heart beguile.
Give me a smile,
once in a while.
In rain or sunshine, my Rainbow,
keep your love light aglow.
I love you so,
my sweet Rainbow.

Then the rainbow shone out smiling from the summer sky,
And when she saw this sign she sighed:
"Now can't you see it's fate?" he cried.
"Come love and be my happy bride."
Brighter than the rainbow beamed the love-light in her eye
And as they wandered home that night,
Beneath the moonbeams silvery light
Oft he sang with delight: CHORUS


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