8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

I MET YOU IN A BOW-ER IN AN OLD KEN-TUCK-Y TOWN,
THE SUN WAS SHIN-ING DOWN, YOU WORE A GING-HAM GOWN.
I KISSED YOU AS I PLACED A YEL-LOW TU-LIP IN YOUR HAIR,
UP-ON MY COAT YOU PINNED A ROSE SO RARE.
TIME HAS NOT CHANGED YOUR LOVE-LI-NESS, YOU'RE JUST AS SWEET TO ME,
I LOVE YOU, BUT I CAN'T FOR-GET THE DAYS THAT USED TO BE;

Verse 2

THE LOVE YOU VOWED TO CHER-ISH HAS NOT FAL-TERED THRO' THE YEARS
YOU BAN-ISH ALL MY FEARS, YOUR VOICE LIKE MU-SIC CHEERS,
YOU ARE THE SAME SWEET GIRL I KNEW IN HAP-PY DAYS OF OLD,
YOUR HAIR IS SIL-VER, BUT YOUR HEART IS GOLD.
RED RO-SES BLUSH NO LON-GER IN YOUR CHEEKS SO SWEET AND FAIR,
IT SEEMS TO ME, DEAR, I CAN SEE WHITE RO-SES BLOOM-ING THERE.

Chorus

    WHEN YOU WORE A TU-LIP, A SWEET YEL-LOW TU-LIP,
AND I WORE A BIG RED ROSE,
WHEN YOU CA-RESSED ME, 'TWAS THEN HEAV-EN BLESSED ME,
WHAT A BLESS-ING NO ONE KNOWS.
YOU MADE LIFE CHEER-Y WHEN YOU CALLED ME "DEARIE,"
'TWAS DOWN WHERE THE BLUE-GRASS GROWS,
YOUR LIPS WERE SWEET-ER THAN JU-LEP, WHEN YOU WORE THAT TU-LIP,
AND I WORE A BIG RED ROSE