PLEASE BUY MY FLOWERS
(Scott Turner / By Dunham)

Dick Curless - 1970


Rain or shine you'd see her 
Standing on the corner
Standing with her basket 
Selling flowers ev'ry day

Her clothes were slightly tattered 
And her toes peeped through her shoes
And as you passed her yyou could hear her say

Please buy my flowers
My pretty little flowers
Please buy my flowers 
Before they fade and die

I'd walk by each morning 
To buy her pretty flowers
And like a ray of sunshine 
Her smile would light my day

One day she was missing 
Now I know the reason why
And I cry because
I'll never hear her say

Please buy my flowers
My pretty little flowers
Please buy my flowers 
Before they fade and die

SPOKEN:
High upon a hillside 
Where nothing more can harm her
There's a lovely little girl 
That I still visit ev'ry day

SPOKEN:
And by her side I place roses
That blossom in the sun
Ev'ry time I do 
I still can hear her say

Please buy my flowers
My pretty little flowers
Please buy my flowers 
Before they fade and die







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2011)