When time shall come for my leaving
When I bid you a-dieu
Don't spend your money for flowers
Just a rose will do
I'll go to a beautiful garden
At last when life's work is through
Don't spend your money for flowers
Just a rose will do
I'll need no organization
To make a big to-do
I'll need no fine decorations
Just a rose will do
Just have an old-fashioned preacher
To preach a sermon or two
Don't spend your money for flowers
Just a rose will do