THE OKLAHOMA ROSE
(Percy French)

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 they 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's Rose


She hears me call an she comes a-creepin', creepin',
Over de wall she see me leapin', leapin', leapn',
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.
Ain’t I glad I found her, in true love I have found 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
And the Oklahoma's Rose

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDgT3mLdlbo