Little Rosa Lyrics - Red Sovine

(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 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 big frown 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 big smile and he says ten cents 

Now I said boss how come to you to charge me a dollar for the rose 

And you charged the young lady only ten cents 

Then he said 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 o 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 was 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