Painting the Roses Red/March of the Cards Kathryn Beaumont & The Mellomen

PAINTING THE ROSES RED

[THE CARDS]
Bum bum bum bum
Painting the roses red
We're painting the roses red
We dare not stop or waste a drop
So let the paint be spread!
We're painting the roses red
We're painting the roses red!

Oh, painting the roses red
And many a tear we shed

[THREE OF CLUBS]
Because we know

[TWO & THREE OF CLUBS]
They'll cease to grow

[ACE OF CLUBS]
In fact they'll soon be dead!

[THE CARDS]
And yet we go ahead
Painting the roses red!