Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_andrews-sisters-john-openshaw-leslie-cooke_gbia0032483a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_carl-fentons-orchestra-cooke-openshaw-walter-hae_gbia0005878a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_carl-fentons-orchestra-cooke-openshaw-walter-hae_gbia0017336a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_ernest-l-stevens-trio-thrall-herbst-and-steve_gbia0023282a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_guy-lombardo-and-his-royal-canadians-mert-curtis_gbia0009616a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_john-mccormack-leslie-cooke-john-openshaw_gbia0024000a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_joseph-andre-john-openshaw_gbia0016155b
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_reinald-werrenrath-leslie-cooke-john-openshaw_gbia0012571a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_reinald-werrenrath-leslie-cooke-john-openshaw_gbia0035919a
https://archive.org/details/78_love-sends-a-little-gift-of-roses_the-bar-harbor-society-orchestra-openshaw-cooke_gbia0027139bPublication Date
1919
Lyrics
[VERSE 1]
Take thou my gift,
My offering of roses,
Cull'd from my garden,
Sweet with twilight dew;
If just one flow'r upon your breast reposes
Life shall forever hold no rose but you.
[REFRAIN]
Love sends a little gift of roses,
Breathing a pray'r unto my posies,
Torn from my heart as twilight closes,
Asking this, only this
One heart to grow a little tender,
Two eyes to glow with love's own splendour,
Two lips to give in sweet surrender
Just a kiss, just a kiss.
[VERSE 2]
Take thou my gift,
And be it joy or sorrow,
Think ere my roses fade
And fall apart;
With each sweet bloom
That you may scorn tomorrow,
I send to you for joy or pain my heart.
[REFRAIN]
Recommended Citation
Cooke, Leslie and Openshaw, John, "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" (1919). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1757.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1757
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
A Ballad
Words by Leslie Cooke
Music by John Openshaw
The following are the published arrangements of the Song and Melody.
Duet (High and Low Voices in F)
Duet (Mezzo and Low Voices in Eb)
Trio (Tenor, Baritone and Bass)
Trio (Soprano, 1st and 2nd Contralto)
Male Quartette (Octavo)
Mixed Quartette (Ocatvo)
Cornet Solo with Orchestral Accompt. in Eb
Orchestral Accompt. for Voice in Eb, F and C
Violin or Cello Obligato All Keys
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