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One Dozen Roses

Words by Roger Lewis and "Country" Joe Washburn, Music by Dick Jurgons and Walter Donovan - 1942

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1942, played for 14 weeks.

Verse:
G	Am7       D7	G         Bm	Am7       D7
G	Am7       D7	G	G7         G+
C	Cm	G	E7          Fdim
D	Em7        A7	D         Em7	D
Eb7	G	B7	Em         G+
D	Em7	A7	D7
Chorus:
G	-             Em	A9	-
G	D7	G	Am7      D7
G	-             Em	A9	-
G	D7	G        C#dim	G           G7
C	-	G	-
Em        Em7	A9         A7	D7  Am7 Fm  D7	-
G	-             Em	A9	-
G	D7	G	-  (D7  to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

You say my uncle left a million,

And half of it belongs to me?

Let us talk about that later, It's important but love's greater,

Right now I'm busy as a bee.

I'm in an awful hurry so don't ask me now to stop,

I'm going to place an order in a little flower shop:

 

Chorus:

Give me One Dozen Roses, Put my heart in beside them,

And send them to the one I love.

She'll be Glad to receive them, And I know she'll believe them,

That's something we've been talking of.

There may be Orange blossoms later, Kind of think that there will,

'Cause she's done something to me, And my heart won't keep still.

Give me One Dozen Roses, Put my heart in beside them,

And send them to the one I love.

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Listen to the Oakland Banjo Band perform "One Dozen Roses" (mp3)

Vocal by John Green

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com