Little Rosa Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G](Li[D]ttle Rosa w[G]as her na[D]me
and still I [A]cry in vain
My world won't be the same
since she's gone [D]from [G]me)[D]

[Verse 2]
I have gone to visit the grave of a friend of [A]mine
and as I walked thru the grave yard
I noticed this man kneeling down by
the grave of a child
And in his [Em]hand he [D]held a big red rose
and tears were streaming down his cheeks
I [G]walked over and laid a [D]hand on
his shoulder and started to talk to him
[A]And during the course [Em]of our [A]con
versation and in his broken English
This is the story just as
he told it to [Em]me[A]
[D]He said to me Mister I've walked
down the street today
And I passed about the big flower [G]shop
[D]I walked in and I asked the man in the shop I s[A]aid boss
how much [Em]is for one [A]red rose
Then he looked at me with one big frown
and he says it's [Em]one dollar [A]please
But [Em]in a buyin' [A]buyer [D]was well
dressed blonde lady walked in
And she says how much
is for one [G]red rose
[D]And he looked at her with one big smile
and he says [A]ten cents
Now I said boss how come to you to charge
me a dollar for the rose
And you charged the
young lady [Em]only ten cents
[A]Then he said loo[D]k Mister you tell
me why you want the rose
And maybe I give it [G]to you for not
[D]I said boss I'm a hard working man working a
[Em]railroad [A]an d gonna make too much money
And I got a little girl and her name was
Rosa o Rosa's just about this high boss
[D]Every day when
I'd come home from the work
A little Rosa come running to meet her papa
[G]And she'd thr[D]ow her little arms around
my neck and say papa and I'd say [A]Rosa
But one day boss I've come
home from the work I don't see Rosa
I looked down by the railroad track and I
see one big crowd
[D]I'd go down and I pushed the crowd this
a way and pushed the crowd that a way
[G]There was at my [D]feet lay my little Rosa
and that's why I want [A]the rose [Em]boss
[A]I wanna put it on little
Rosa's grave
Then man he didn't say not but he picked the
biggest and [D]the reddest rose
And he gave it to me
And I said [A]thank you boss thank
you [D]very much

[Verse 3]
And though she's [G]gone [D]you see
she's still the [A]world [D]to [A]me
To me she'll always be
that little girl of [G]mine[D]