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Give Me the Roses While I Live 
Give Me the Roses While I Live 
Wonderful things of folks are said when they have passed away Roses adorn the narrow bed over the sleeping clay
 Give me the roses while I live trying to cheer me on Useless are flowers that you give after the soul is gone 
Let us not wait to do good deeds till they have passed away Now is the time to sow good seeds while here on earth we stay 
Kind words are useless when folks lie cold in a narrow bed Don't wait till death to speak kind words, now should the words be said 
from Red Clay Ramblers, via Sing Out SOF