Like An Old Fashioned Waltz Lyrics - Sandy Denny

Roses are red, and violets are blue, 

Primroses pale on a velvet green hue, 

Warm summer days by cool waterfalls, 

Like the music we hear, 

Those things we'll always hold dear, 

Like an old fashioned waltz. 

When the moonlight shines down 

On the Hollywood world, 

And the heroine waits 

For her beau to return, 

And violins play 

From behind garden walls, 

How I'd love to remain 

With the silver refrain 

Of an old fashioned waltz. 

As they dance round the floor, 

And there's no-one else there, 

And the world is no more 

And there's never a care, 

By the perfect lagoon 

Where the nightingale calls, 

With only the moon 

And the nostalgic tune 

Of an old fashioned waltz. 

Roses are red and violets are blue, 

Primroses pale on a velvet green hue, 

Warm summer days by cool waterfalls, 

Like the music we hear, 

Those things we'll always hold dear, 

Like an old fashioned waltz, 

Like an old fashioned waltz, 

An old fashioned waltz.