A flower blooming in the wildwood
On an evening long ago as the sun was sinking low My true lover went to sail up in the sea It was in the month of June when the roses were in bloom When he tucked me in his arms and said to me You're a flower that is blooming in the wildwood A flower that is blooming there for me Sweeter than the morning dew and I'll soon return to you You're a flower that is blooming there for me Then a letter came to me from the captain on the sea That told me my darling was dead Oh hte shock and great surprise surprise made the teardrops dim my eye When I thought about the last words that he said * Refrain Now he can't return to me he got drowned in the sea And has done passed over life's weary way When it's in the month of June and the roses are in bloom It seems that I can hear my lover say * Refrain