There's a purple rose in Cairo
Please tell her I wait her return
There's a purple rose in Cairo
Now I know why my poor heart yearns
Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I try to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek
Heaven, I'm in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek
Oh, I love to climb a mountain
And to reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek
Oh, I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek
Oh dance with me
I want my arms about you
Oh, the charms about you
Will carry me through
To heaven, oh I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek
There's a purple rose in Cairo
Please tell her I wait her return
There's a purple rose in Cairo
Now I know why my poor heart yearns
