On one evening long ago when the sun was sinking low My true lover went to sail upon the sea It was in the month of June when the roses were in bloom When he took me in his arms and said to me 
Chorus You’re a flower blooming in the wildwood A flower blooming there for me Sweeter than the morning dew and I’ll soon return to you You’re a flower that is blooming there for me 
Then a letter came to me from a captain on the sea And it told me that my darling was dead Oh the shock and great surprise, made the teardrops in my eyes When I thought about the last words that he said 
Now he can’t return to me, he got drowned in the sea And he’s passed over life’s weary way When it’s in the month of June and the roses are in bloom It seems that I can hear my lover say 
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