Sweet Rosalie

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What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

No one can love her half as much as me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

I fetched her out of a tree with a cane

I fetched her out of a tree with a cane

Then combed out the hornets and covered her stains

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

No one can love her half as much as me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

Love is a white room that cures every ill

The thicker the heart, the stronger the pill

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

I'm mad about her and she's crazy for me

Men in long coats came with scissors and soap

Men in long coats came with scissors and soap

Then dragged her away by a mule and a rope

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

She kissed me once through the wood of her cage

She kissed me once through the wood of her cage

Then left a piece of her tooth in my leg

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

No one can love her half as much as me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

Love is a white room that cures every ill

The thicker the heart, the stronger the pill

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

I'm mad about her and she's crazy for me

They say she strangled Black Dougherty's cat

They say she strangled Black Dougherty's cat

But her calico bonnet looked nothing like that

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

And more that she bludgeoned her pa in his bed

And more that she bludgeoned her pa in his bed

But that could have been anyone wearing his head

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

No one can love her half as much as me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

Love is a white room that cures every ill

The thicker the heart, the stronger the pill

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

I'm mad about her and she's crazy for me

The old virgins fingered and cried she was lost

The old virgins fingered and cried she was lost

But who wouldn't moan if they played with a cross?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

Counselor promised her tweed alibis

Counselor promised her tweed alibis

But showed up to court late in a sack full of flies

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

No one can love her half as much as me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

Love is a white room that cures every ill

The thicker the heart, the stronger the pill

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

I'm mad about her and she's crazy for me

They lost her in jail and my guts hit the floor

They lost her in jail and my guts hit the floor

All the guards dead asleep with their heads in the door

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

I cooked a partridge to mark her return

I cooked a partridge to mark her return

I pushed in her chair, brushed the bugs from her waist

Unbuckled the straps just to gaze at her face

Then blew on her spoon and offered a taste

I napkined her chin as she drooled bone and paste

How sweetly she pushed my cheek into the vase

Then snatched up the knife and 'round the table we chased

She giggled and jabbed as wine sprayed on the lace

'Till my heart gave in after giving the race

She settled herself on my lap and screamed grace

I'm mad about her and she's crazy for me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?

No one can love her half as much as me

What have they done to my Sweet Rosalie?