I've been gathering flowers from the hillside

To wreathe around your brow

But you've kept me a-waiting so long, dear

That the flowers have all withered now

I know that you have seen trouble

But never hang down your head

Your love for me is like the flowers

Your love for me is now dead

* Refrain

It was on one bright June morning

The roses were in bloom

I shot and killed my darling

OH, what will be my doom

* Refrain

Those eyes can't see these roses

Those hands can't hold them you know

Those lips so still can not kiss me

They are gone from me forever more

* Refrain