'My Little Lady, That Everyone Knows'

In a CBS documentary aired last night, Ted Kennedy reminisced about his mother, Rose, playing "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" on the piano before family dinners and sang a few bars himself.

SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY
By Maude Nugent

Within a charming cottage near the place that saw my birth
There dwells the sweetest little flower that ever grew on earth
This flower is known as Rosie, 'tis her lovely christian name
But had she any other name, I'd love her just the same
Sweet Rosie O'Grady, my beautiful Rose

She's my little lady, that everyone knows
And when we are married, how happy we'll be
I love sweet Rosie O'Grady and Rosie O'Grady loves me
I never shall forget the day she promised to be mine
As we sat telling love tales with a happiness divine
Upon her finger then I placed a small engagement ring
While in the trees the little birds this love song seemed to sing
Sweet Rosie O'Grady, my beautiful Rose

She's my little lady, that everyone knows
And when we are married, how happy we'll be
I love sweet Rosie O'Grady and Rosie O'Grady loves me