Chorus: I've been gathering flowers form the hillside To wreath around your brow But you've kept me waiting so long dear The flowers have all withered down
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I know that you have seen troubles But never hang down your head Your love for me is like a flower Your love for me is dead
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It was on one bright June morning The roses were in bloom I shot and killed my darling And what will be my doom?
[chorus]
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Those eyes cannot see these roses Those hands cannot hold them you know And these lips that still cannot kiss me Have gone form me forevermore