Faded Flowers

[Verse 1] The flowers I saw in the wild-wood Have since dropped their beautiful leaves And the many dear friends of my childhood Have slumbered for years in their graves But the bloom of the flowers I remember Though their smiles I may nevermore see For the cold, chilly winds of December Stole my flowers' companions from me [Chorus] It is no wonder that I'm broken-hearted And stricken with sorrows should be For we have met, we have loved, we have parted My flowers' companions and me [Verse 2] How dark looks this world and how dreary When we part from the ones that we love There is rest for the faint and the weary And friends meet with loved ones above For in heaven I can but remember When from earth my soul shall be freed That no cold, chilly winds of December Shall steal my companions from me [Chorus]