歌曲歌詞
Ah may the red rose live always
To smile upon earth and sky
Why should the beautiful ever weep
Why should the beautiful die
Lending a charm to every ray
That falls on her cheeks of light
Giving the zephyr kiss for kiss
And nursing the dewdrop bright
Ah may the red rose live always
To smile upon earth and sky
Why should the beautiful ever weep
Why should the beautiful die
Lulled be the dirge in the cypress bough
That tells of departed flowers
Fluttered in evergreen bowers
Sad is my heart for the blighted plants
Its pleasures are eyes as brief
They bloom at the young year's joyful call
And fade with the autumn leaf
Ah may the red rose live always
To smile upon earth and sky
Why should the beautiful ever weep
Why should the beautiful die