Key: :[C] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[F] ^
[G] [C] [G7] [C]
VERSE 1:
I
[C] met my darling in the
[F] springtime
When
[C] all the flowers were in
[G] bloom
And
[C] like the flowers, our love
[F] blossomed
We
[C] married
[G] in the month of
[C] June
[C7]
CHORUS:
Our
[F] love was like a burning ember
It
[F] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[F] blow ^
[G]
[C] We had sunshine in December
And
[G7] grew our roses in the
[C] snow
BREAK: [C] [F] ^
[C] ^
[G] [C]
VERSE 2:
Now
[C] God has taken my
[F] darling
And
[C] left me with a memor-
[G]-y
One
[C] memory I will always
[F] cherish
Are
[C] these last
[G] words he said to
[C] me
[G7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[C] darling's buried on the
[F] hillside
Where
[C] all the wild spring flowers
[G] grow
And
[C] when the winter snows start
[F] falling
^
[C] On his ^
[G7] grave I'll place a
[C] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/C/Bb/A/G] [F] [G] [C] ^
[F]^
[C open]
