The Golden Rose
The Golden Rose
(Intro)
I still remember now
The silver walls
The golden lights
Of cabaret halls
(Intro)
I hear the people cheer
The piano play
As I step out
Onto the stage
(Stanza)
From near and far
They came to see me sing my songs
A superstar
No longer staying in my kampung
(Stanza)
And then there was
The Towkay Tays and Towkay Tans
They all say “Rose,
You look so pretty in your cheongsam”
(bridge)
It was so grand
Dancing and shopping everyday
So
I say hooray for cabaret
(Chorus)
I was a dream
A beauty queen
And all the men
Asked for my hand
But I said you
Don’t understand
The golden rose
Won’t lean on any man
夜来香我为你歌唱
夜来香我为你思量
矮啊我为你歌唱
我为你思量
那南风吹来清凉
那夜莺啼声凄唱
月下的花儿都入梦
只有那夜来香
吐露着芬芳
我爱这夜色茫茫
也爱这夜莺歌唱
更爱那花一般的梦
拥抱着夜来香
吻着夜来香
Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future, now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Golden Rose of Gay World Cabaret
Make way, oh, make way for my Golden Rose
Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
"Please make way for Rose" you can hear them say
All my life I shall remember
Oriental music and you in my arms
Perfumed flowers in your tresses
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms
(Stanza)
Then suddenly
Sometime in 1963
Everybody
They only want to watch their “TV”
(Stanza)
No more crowds
Just whole day sit there gathering dust
Until the day
When cabaret closed down at last
(bridge)
So low class
TV screens in black and grey
So
I say hooray for cabaret
(Chorus)
But I moved on
I didn’t stop
I started up
My coffeeshop
I traded in
The golden lights
Just to work
From morning until night
(Outro)
Now
This is my life
Pots and pans
Debts and gangs
But
I can’t complain
Life’s given me
My family
So
I’m a dream
A beauty queen
Without a stage
But once
In a while
I say hooray for cabaret
I still remember now
The silver walls
The golden lights
Of cabaret halls
(Intro)
I hear the people cheer
The piano play
As I step out
Onto the stage
(Stanza)
From near and far
They came to see me sing my songs
A superstar
No longer staying in my kampung
(Stanza)
And then there was
The Towkay Tays and Towkay Tans
They all say “Rose,
You look so pretty in your cheongsam”
(bridge)
It was so grand
Dancing and shopping everyday
So
I say hooray for cabaret
(Chorus)
I was a dream
A beauty queen
And all the men
Asked for my hand
But I said you
Don’t understand
The golden rose
Won’t lean on any man
夜来香我为你歌唱
夜来香我为你思量
矮啊我为你歌唱
我为你思量
那南风吹来清凉
那夜莺啼声凄唱
月下的花儿都入梦
只有那夜来香
吐露着芬芳
我爱这夜色茫茫
也爱这夜莺歌唱
更爱那花一般的梦
拥抱着夜来香
吻着夜来香
Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart
What is your future, now we have to part
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away
Golden Rose of Gay World Cabaret
Make way, oh, make way for my Golden Rose
Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret
"Please make way for Rose" you can hear them say
All my life I shall remember
Oriental music and you in my arms
Perfumed flowers in your tresses
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms
(Stanza)
Then suddenly
Sometime in 1963
Everybody
They only want to watch their “TV”
(Stanza)
No more crowds
Just whole day sit there gathering dust
Until the day
When cabaret closed down at last
(bridge)
So low class
TV screens in black and grey
So
I say hooray for cabaret
(Chorus)
But I moved on
I didn’t stop
I started up
My coffeeshop
I traded in
The golden lights
Just to work
From morning until night
(Outro)
Now
This is my life
Pots and pans
Debts and gangs
But
I can’t complain
Life’s given me
My family
So
I’m a dream
A beauty queen
Without a stage
But once
In a while
I say hooray for cabaret