^GThe orchid is a flower ^G7that ^Cblooms so ^Gtender'ly To thrill the fairest lady of the ^D7land If ^Gplaced beside a blush'in ^G7rose the ^Crose could not ^Gcompare But how was such as ^D7I to under- ^Gstand

^GI over looked an orchid while ^Csearch-ing for a ^Grose The orchid that I over looked was ^D7you The ^Grose that I was search-ing ^G7for, has ^Cproved to be un- ^Gtrue The orchid now I ^D7find my dear was ^Gyou

The ^Grose has lost it's color But the ^Corchid is the ^Gsame And I'm alone to face these lone-ly ^D7years I ^Gdidn't see the orchid I was look- ^Cing for a ^Grose And now I pay the ^D7price with better ^Gtears