1st verse:]

In a garden fair a lily rare

Was loved by a blushing rose

They knew no woe he loved her so

With love that a flower knows

Until one day from o'er the way

A hand plucked the lily fair

The rose sighed and sighed

'Til one day it died

Nobody seemed to care



[chorus:]

Just like the rose dear I loved you

Like the lily they stole you away

Just like the rose I adored you

Worshiped you night and day

Tonight all alone I am sighing

Sighing for sweet repose

Just like the rose, my love's dying

Dying just like the rose



[2nd verse:]

In a garden fair I wandered there

Sweet memories of the past

Came back to me so tenderly

Would if they could only last

The rose that sighed, and long since died

Seemed fresh from the morning dew

Then close to my breast

The sweet flow'r I pressed

And cried alas for you