The Roseville Fair

Bill Staines


Oh the night was clear, and the stars were shining,
The moon came up, quiet in the sky.
All the people gathered 'round, while the band was tuning.
I can hear them now, playing "Coming Through the Rye".

She was dressed in blue, and she looked so lovely,
A gentle  flower of a small town girl.
Then he took her hand, and they danced to the music.
With a single smile she became his world.

Chorus:
And they danced all night, to the fiddle and the banjo.
Drifting tunes seemed to fill  the air.
Though long ago but they still remember,
How they fell in love at the Roseville Fair.

Well they courted well and they courted dearly.
They’d rock for hours in the front porch chairs.
A year went by from the time that he met her,
And he made her his, at the Roseville Fair.

Chorus

Instrumental Break

Second Chorus:
So here’s a song for all the lovers.
Here’s a tune that you care share.
May you dance all night to the fiddle and the banjo.
The way they did, at the Roseville Fair.