Jean, Jean, roses are red; All the leaves have gone green.
And the clouds are so low, You can touch them, and so...
Come out to the meadow, bonnie Jean.
Jean, Jean, you're young and alive; Come out of your half-dreamed dream.
And run, if you will, To the top of the hill;
Open your arms, bonnie Jean.
'Til the sheep in the valley come home my way,
'Til the stars fall around me, and find me, I pray,
When the sun comes a-singin', I'll be waitin'... for...
Jean, Jean, the roses are red; And all of the leaves have gone green.
And the hills are ablaze With the moon's yellow haze.
Come into my arms, bonnie Jean.
'Til the sheep in the valley come home my way,
'Til the stars fall around me, and find me, I pray,
When the sun comes a-singin', I'll still be waitin'... for...
Jean
From the 20th Century-Fox Film
'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie'
Words and Music by Rod McKuen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement