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Thread #24372   Message #2751585
Posted By: GUEST,Guest
24-Oct-09 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rosie, Sweet Rosabel (Paul Dresser)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rosie, Sweet Rosabel
I found some lyrics which I followed while I listened to the song and I think these are it:


Rosie, sweet Rosabel
I love her more than I can tell
For me she casts a spell
My charming black-eyed sweet Rosabel

There is a maiden sweet Rosabel, the fairest of all that I know
All the beauties of heaven and the riches here below
Cannot compare with this innocent Angel of whom I shall tell
Listen(?)to the tale of my first love, sweet Rosabel
Sweet Rosabel

Rosie, sweet Rosabel
I love her more than I can tell
For me she casts a spell
My charming black-eyed sweet Rosabel

My charming black-eyed sweet Rosabel


I found the lyrics in a song by a band called "The Captain Howdy" who sung a song about Houdini which featured Deborah Harry (Blondie)
singing the "Rosabel" lyrics inbetween verses on the song.
There are more verses, but I don't know if they are from the original song, or if the band - The Captain Howdy, made them up ?

http://www.deborah-harry.com/dh/rosabelle.htm

I've adjusted the lyrics to fit the Amick Byram version of the song.(Don't know if the word "listen" is the right word in the lyrics)

I managed to find a copy of The Captain Howdy song too: (be warned - it's a little different !)

http://www.we7.com/#/album/Tattoo-Of-Blood!albumId=330194

Anyway - hope this helps :0)