It's been many years now since mom passed away   But there's lots of sweet mem'ries that I have today   And when I see autumn and leaves turning brown   I feel like mama is somewhere around   Don't forget to cover my flowers I still hear my sweet mother say   Be sure to cover my flowers or my flowers will wither away      Yes I remember though it's been so long   My heart feels so heavy and life seems so wrong   I'd give all my treasures and things I might own   To go back to mama's old country home   Don't forget to cover...   [ fiddle - steel ]   As I wait in this jungle in this foreign land of people so indifferent to God and to men   It's kill or be killed and I wonder today   If the ones that I'm fighting thinks of mama this way   Don't forget to cover...   Be sure to cover my flowers or my flowers will wither away