Searching For Rosa Rio

Was she a myth or was she a real person? No one we met knew for sure We heard stories of a beautiful lady And wondered if it could be her Rosa Rio lived long ago it seems Not much about her was known But a romantic creature of importance Men always placed her up on a throne And yet, we’re not sure if they saw her Was it all in their imagination and dreams? Too beautiful and too evasive to capture For no one had really spoken to her it seems We heard she had lived up on a mountain Wore long dresses of silk and of lace But when we tried to pin down her home Never could we find one certain place We searched and searched on that mountain We asked the oldest person who lived there Oh yes, since a boy he’d heard of Rosa This lady so sweet and so fair We found we weren’t the only ones looking We heard that men of all ages for years Searched for the maiden so lovely She was said to bring grown men to tears! So please, if you ever find for certain Where Rosa Rio lived let us know Perhaps someday we’ll find a picture Of the lady that captured men’s hearts so!