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Or (simplified, without capo)
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Intro (see above)
Verse
When I was a boy
I ran among the flowers
Looking left and right
At the bright array
I played through the spring
Whiled away the hours
Lingered with the flowers ev'ry day
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Life's bouquet
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Along the way
Interlude
Verse
When I became a man
I felt the summer showers
When I learned to love
I also learned to cry
When I came to know
The beauty of the flowers
I wondered why the flowers had to die
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Life's bouquet
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Along the way
Interlude
Verse
When the summer ends
And the storms of life are over
When the winter comes
And the petals fall away
They may write it on my stone
?He was just a rover
But he stopped to pick some flowers along the way?
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Life's bouquet
Flowers, pick some flowers
Alo-o-ong the wa-a-ay-a-a-ay-ay-ay