When time shall come for my leaving,
When I bid you adieu;
Don't spend your money for flowers,
Just a rose will do.



chorus
I'll go to a beautiful garden,
At last when life's work is thru;
Don't spend your money for flowers,
Just a rose will do.



Just have a old fashioned preacher
Preach a sermon so true;
I'll need no beautiful flowers,
Just a rose will do.



chorus
I'll go to a beautiful garden,
At last when life's work is thru;
Don't spend your money for flowers,
Just a rose will do.



I'll need no organization
Just to make a "to-do;"
I'll need no bright decorations,
Just a rose will do.



chorus
I'll go to a beautiful garden
At last when life's work is thru;
Don't spend your money for flowers,
Just a rose will do.