* F L O W E R S *













* F L O W E R S *


JULY

2006












  • New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - (1940)

  • Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction - (1968)

  • Good Year for the Roses - George Jones - (1970)

  • Bonny Bunch of Roses - Paul Clayton - (1957)

  • Laying on a Bed of Roses - The Muffs - (1995)

  • The Grape Vine - Lucky Millander - (1951)

  • Tulip Or Turnip - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - (1947)

  • Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me - Tiny Tim - (1968)

  • Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family - (1928)

  • When the Roses Bloom Again - Laura Cantrell - (2002)

  • Only a Rose - Geraint Watkins - (2004)

  • I Threw Away The Rose - Merle Haggard - (1967)

  • Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett - (1971)

  • The Sharpest Thorn - Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - (2006)









The 11th episode of Bob Dylan's

"Theme Time Radio Hour",

is about the subject 'Flowers'.










Wildwood Flower
The Carter Family

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair

With the roses so red and the lilies so fair

And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue

The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay

I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway

When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay

All portion of love had all flown away

Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love

And to cherish me over all others above

How my heart is now wond'ring no misery can tell

He's left me no warning, no words of farewell

Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower

That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour

Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour

He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower









When the Roses Bloom Again
Laura Cantrell

Well, they're strollin' in the gloamin'

When the roses are in bloom

A soldier and his sweetheart, brave and true

And their hearts are filled with sorrow

For their thoughts are of tomorrow

As she pins a rose upon his coat of blue

Do not ask me, love, to linger

When you know not what to say

For duty calls your sweetheart's name again

And your heart need not be sighing

That I'll be among the dying

I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

When the roses bloom again

And the sun is on the river

The Mockingbird will sing it's sweet refrain

And in the days of Auld Lang Syne

I'll be with you, sweetheart mine

Oh I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

With the rattle of the battle

Came a whisper soft and low

Our soldier, he is fallen in the fray

I am dying I am dying

And I know I've got to go

But I wanna tell you before I pass away

There's a far and distant river

Where the roses are in bloom

And a sweetheart who is waiting there for me

And it's there I pray you'll take me

I'll be faithful don't forsake me

I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

When the roses bloom again

And the sun is on the river

The Mockingbird will sing it's sweet refrain

And in the days of Auld Lang Syne

I'll be with you, sweetheart mine

Oh I'll be with you when the roses bloom again