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March 31, 2012

San Antonio Rose – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 90

Whew! 90 days of Fiddle Tune a Day! That’s a lot. Only 10 more days to 100!!!

I guess it’s only fitting to celebrate day 90 with a little tribute to Bob Wills. San Antonio Rose is a tune that I played a lot with my dad and grandpa as a kid, but haven’t played for a while, so I hope you enjoy what I put together in the last few minutes. 🙂

 

 

New San Antonio Rose according to Wikipedia

 The song is written in the first person with the Rose of San Antone being the gentleman’s lost love.

“San Antonio Rose“/”New San Antonio Rose” was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. “San Antonio Rose” was an instrumental song written by Bob Wills, who first recorded it with the Playboys in 1938. Band members added lyrics and it was retitled “New San Antonio Rose”.[2] The song opens with the refrain:

Deep within my heart, lies a melody,
A song of old San Antone.

“New San Antonio Rose” was the first national hit by Bob Wills and His Playboys, propelling them from their Southwestern fame to national notice.[3][4]

The song, both the music and lyrics, reflects the Mexican influence Bob Wills found growing up in the Southwest.[5] Wills developed the melody of the original “San Antonio Rose” itself from a traditional tune, “Spanish Two Step”, by the playing the bridge in reverse.[6]

“New San Antonio Rose” ruffled the feathers of Southern country music moguls when Wills and the Playboys performed it with horns and a drum at the Grand Ole Opry on December 30, 1944.[7][8]

The song has been recorded by many artists in several genres. The pseudonym Jericho wrote the Swedish lyrics. A Swedish version was recorded by Ingalill Rossvald and Harry Brandelius withThorsten Sjögren’s orch. in Stockholm on February 7, 1952. It was released on the 78 rpm record His Master’s Voice X 7795.

It lends its name to San Antonio Rose Palace in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio Rose Lyrics

Deep within my heart lies a melody

A song of old San Antone

Where in dreams I lived with a memory

Beneath the stars all alone

It was there I found beside the Alamo

Enchantment strange as the blue up above

A moonlit pass that only she would know

Still hears my broken song of love

 

Moon and all your splendor knows only my heart

Call back my Rose Rose of San Antone

 

Lips so sweet and tender like petals fallin’ apart

Speak once again of my love my own

 

Oh broken song empty words I know

Still live in my heart all alone

For that moonlit pass beside the Alamo

And calls my Rose of San Antone

[ fiddle – steel ]

Moon and all your splendor…

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / bob wills and his texas playboys, fiddle, fiddle tune, grand ole opry, heart, Music, music moguls, New, rose of san antone, Song 16 Comments

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Comments

  1. Jeanette Bergeron says

    April 1, 2012 at 1:14 pm

    Beautiful!

    Reply
  2. Paul Chet says

    April 2, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    Love singing to this tune man!

    Reply
  3. Anne says

    April 11, 2013 at 9:14 am

    Like the jazzy touch ….. and hair! Congrats on 90 days 🙂

    Reply
    • Vi says

      April 11, 2013 at 10:31 am

      Thanks, Anne. I’m glad you are enjoying it.

      Reply
  4. Deborah Dea Cushman-Johnson says

    November 1, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    Oh, I liked that. Hair cut looks good too. Only 10 more to go!

    Reply
  5. Vi Wickam says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    Try 276 more to go. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Michael Friedman says

    March 13, 2014 at 8:58 pm

    Beautiful musical performance !

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      March 25, 2014 at 4:02 pm

      Thank you, Michael.

      Reply
  7. Gloria Jones says

    March 14, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    I love your enthusiasm, timing, tune, and double stops! Hey, the hair cut 'ain't' bad either. Only to be in competition with your smile! Thank you, Vi!

    Reply
  8. Gloria Jones says

    March 14, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    I love your enthusiasm, timing, tune, and double stops! Hey, the hair cut 'ain't' bad either. Only to be in competition with your smile! Thank you, Vi!

    Reply
  9. Vi Wickam says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    You're welcome, Gloria. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have to get my hairs cut every once in a while. Paul Chet always does a great job. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Vi Wickam says

    March 25, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    Thanks, Michael.

    Reply
  11. Francis Meador says

    April 29, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Great song. Liked your fun expressions and ornamentations! Brings back memories when I lived in San Antonio. Thank you!

    Reply
  12. Vi Wickam says

    May 13, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    Thanks, Francis. I'm a big fan of Western Swing music.

    Reply
  13. Joyce Martin says

    February 4, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    Great tune – Great Musician – Great Haircut!!!

    Reply
  14. Janice Kibbe says

    May 16, 2015 at 5:58 am

    Vi,
    I’m curious about the violins behind you in many of your videos. Are they your personal collection?
    Jan Kibbe

    Reply

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