Sweet Rosie O’Grady [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to Sweet Rosie O’Grady (1896), Written by Maude Nugent, performed in the movie of the same name

1. Just down around the corner
   Of the street where I reside
   There lives the cutest little girl
   That I have ever spied
   Her name is Rosie O’Grady
   And I don’t mind telling you
   That she’s the sweetest little Rose
   The garden ever grew

[Chorus]
Sweet Rosie O’Grady
My dear little Rose
She’s my steady lady
Most ev’ryone knows
And when we are married
How happy we’ll be
I love sweet Rosie O’Grady
And Rosie O’Grady loves me

2. I never shall forget the day
   She promised to be mine
   As we sat telling lovetales
   In the golden summer time
   ‘Twas on her finger that I placed
   A small engagement ring
   While in the trees, the little birds
   This song they seemed to sing

[Chorus]
Sweet Rosie O’Grady
My dear little Rose
She’s my steady lady
Most ev’ryone knows
And when we are married
How happy we’ll be
I love sweet Rosie O’Grady
And Rosie O’Grady loves me