Red Roses for a Blue Lady

The song is about a man who wishes to give flowers as a gift to the woman he loves after the two have had a disagreement and that said disagreement made her blue (i.e., sad). He hopes that if his sweetheart accepts his plea for forgiveness, the two will marry and that he will soon return to pick out the florist’s “best white orchid for her wedding gown."

==Other recorded versions==

• The best-selling recording was made by Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra,{{cite web|author=Gilliland, John. |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633221/m1/#track/5 |title=Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #22 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library |publisher=Digital.library.unt.edu |date=197X |accessdate=2021-02-15}} with credited vocalists Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Men, on December 15, 1948. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3319 (in United States) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue numbers BD 1247, HN 3014, HQ 3071, IM 13425, and GY 478. It first reached the US Billboard magazine chart on January 14, 1949 and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4.

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• Another recording was made by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians on December 22, 1948. It was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24549. The record first reached the Billboard chart on February 4, 1949 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #10.
• The song was revived during the winter of 1965 by vocalists Vic Dana and Wayne Newton and instrumentalist Bert Kaempfert, all three versions charting simultaneously: Dana's rendition was the most successful, peaking at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=70}} Kaempfert's recording peaked at #11 on the same chart, and Newton's reached #23. All three versions were also listed on Billboard′s Easy Listening survey, with Dana and Kaempfert's versions both peaking at #2 and Newton's at #4.
• Andy Williams released a version in 1965 as the B-side to his hit song "...and Roses and Roses". *Harry James recorded a version in 1965 on his album Harry James Plays Green Onions & Other Great Hits (Dot DLP 3634 and DLP 25634).
• Bruno Balz has written German lyrics. The German title is "Ich sende dir Rosen". The Cornel Trio recorded it in Berlin on October 15, 1952. The song was released by Electrola as catalog number EG 7848.
• The Swedish singer Östen Warnerbring had his breakthrough in 1965 with a Swedish version of the song with lyrics by Ingrid Reuterskiöld, "En röd blomma till en blond flicka".{{cite news|url=https://www.hd.se/2011-05-13/osten-hyllas-pa-johannamuseet|title=Östen hyllas på Johannamuseet|work=Helsingborgs Dagblad|date=14 May 2011| access-date=11 February 2019|language=sv}} His fellow countryman Carl Holmberg had recorded Reuterskiöld's version already in 1949.

;Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra Vocalists

;Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians

;Vic Dana

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