Azalea - Louis Armstrong, The Duke Ellington Orchestra

It was such a fine spring day

Down Lou’siana way

With fragrance divine

And such magnificent regalia

Oh, so fine

Azalea

Oh what a lovely sight

In red, pink and white

Can’t help but believe

That nothing evil can assail you

So naïve

Azalea

You’re at ease on the knees

Of the moss covered trees

Whose tops meet to make a high ceiling

In the church-like pomp

Of the cypress swamp

I’ve yet to get that same strange feeling

I’ve got to go back there

And find that blossom fair

I always dream of

'Cause with you who could be a failure?

My first love

Azalea