You can hear 2 verses and the chorus at the Internet Archive. My transcription:


MOONLIGHT AND ROSES
As recorded by John McCormack, on Victrola 1092-A, 1925.

1. When vesper bells are ringing,
I hear sweet voices singing
As evening shadows fall.
It’s then my heart grows fonder,
As through the flow’rs I wander,
With thoughts so true, dear,
Always of you, dear.

CHORUS: Moonlight and roses
Bring wonderful mem’ries of you.
My heart reposes
In beautiful thoughts so true.
June light discloses
Love’s olden* dreams sparkling anew.
Moonlight and roses
Bring mem’ries of you.

2. I oft recall our meeting,
Our tender loving greeting.
Your smile still haunts my dreams.
And then, alas, we parted.
You left me broken-hearted,
But still I yearn, dear,
For your return, dear.


[* Some singers sing “golden” but I think “olden” is correct.]