verse 1. Roses are red violets are blue Primroses pale on a velvet green hue Warm summer days by cool waterfalls Like music we hear Those things we'll always hold dear Like an old fashioned waltz verse 2. When the moonlight shines down On the Hollywood world And the heroine waits for her love to return And the violins play from behind garden walls Oh how I'd love to remain with the silver refrain Of an old fashioned waltz verse 3. And they dance round the floor and there's no one else there And the world is no more and there's never a care By the perfect lagoon as the nightingale calls With only the moon and the nostalgic tune Of an old fashioned waltz verse 4. Roses are red violets are blue Primroses pale on a velvet green hue Warm summer days by cool waterfalls Like music we hear Those things we'll always hold dear Like an old fashioned waltz