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Artist: The Carter Family
Canonical path: /the-carter-family/gathering-flowers-from-the-hillside
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Gathering Flowers From The Hillside
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Gathering Flowers From The Hillside
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I've been gathering flowers from the hillside
to wreath around your brow,
but you've kept me a-waitin' so long, dear,
the flowers have all withered now.
I know that you have seen trouble,
but never hang down your head,
your love for me is like the flowers,
your love for me is dead.
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It was on one bright June morning,
the roses were in bloom,
I shot and killed my darling,
and what will be my doom?
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Closed eyes cannot see these roses,
closed hands cannot hold them, you know,
and these lips that still cannot kiss me
has gone from me forever more.
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