Little Rosa

(Little Rosa was her name and still I cry in vain
 My world won't be the same since she's gone from me)
 I have gone to visit the grave of a friend of mine and as I walked thru the grave yard
 I noticed this man kneeling down by the grave of a child
 And in his hand he held a big red rose and tears were streaming down his cheeks
 I walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder and started to talk to him
 And during the course of our conversation and in his broken English
 This is the story just as he told it to me
 He said to me Mister I've walked down the street on today
 And I passed about the big flower shop
 I walked in and I asked the man in the shop I said boss how much is for one red rose
 Then he looked at me with one bigger smile and he says it's one dollar please
 But in a buyin' buyer was well dressed blonde lady walked in
 And she says how much is for one red rose
 And he looked at her with one bigger smile and he says it's ten cents
 Now I said boss how come to you to charge me a dollar for the rose
 And charged the young lady only ten cents
 When he says look Mister you tell me why you want the rose
 And maybe I give it to you for not
 I said boss I'm a hard working man working a railroad and gonna make too much money
 And I got a little girl and her name was Rosa Rosa's just about this high boss
 Every day when I'd come home from the work
 A little Rosa come running to meet her papa
 And she'd throw her little arms around my neck and say papa and I'd say 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
 I'd go down and I pushed the crowd this a way and pushed the crowd that a way
 There boss at my feet lay my little Rosa and that's why I want the rose boss
 I wanna put it on little Rosa's grave
 Then man he didn't say not but he picked the biggest and the reddest rose
 And he gave it to me
 And I said thank you boss thank you very much
 And though she's gone you see she's still the world to me
 To me she'll always be that little girl of mine