Everyone knows she's a ramblin' rose

she's a beauty growin' wild!

Birds in their nest seem to whistle their best

for mother nature's favourite child!



She's got the kind of affection

that just winds around your heart!

You better run for protection

or she might upset your flower cart!



I hate to disclose that ma ramblin' rose

is gonna meet her Waterloo!

I let her play but she can't get away

'cause I know just what to do!



Anyone knows you can train a rose

to be a clingin' vine!

So, from this day hence, there'll be a picket fence

'round that ramblin' rose of mine!



Now, everyone knows she's a ramblin' rose

she's a beauty growin' wild!

Birds in their nest seem to whistle their best

for mamma nature's favourite child!



She's got the kind of affection

that just winds around your heart!

You'd better run for protection

or she might upset your flower cart!



I hate to disclose that ma ramblin' rose

is gonna meet her Waterloo!

I let her play but she can't get away

'cause I know just what to do!



Anyone knows you can train a rose

to be a clingin' vine!

So, from this day hence, there'll be a picket fence

'round that ramblin' rose of mine!



Music by Joseph Burke

with lyrics by Joseph Allan McCarthy Jr. 1948