There are flowrs that are rich there are flowers that are rare   On the banks where the bright water flows   But the sweetest of all nature's flowers to bloom   Was my darling the Blue River Rose      Her eyes were the petals that glisten so bright   Her smile was the sunshine so fair   And the heart of my beautiful Rose was as true   As her tears like the dew sprinkled there in the dead      In the bright month of June neath that old southern moon   At the altar each promise we'd close   But old fate played its part and soon broke the heart   Of my darling my Blue River Rose      Her father objected said think of our pride   We would never outlive such a crime   There are plenty of men who are wealthy and then   Would be up in the world such as I   [ fiddle + steel ]   So they sent her away to some far distant land   A vacation they told her 'twould be   When the leaves start to fall it is then we will call   And you may return o'er the sea      A year had passed on then the postman one morn   Brought a letter to me and it read   The rose that once bloomed in your garden of love   Has all whithered your darling is dead      Now I'm left all alone this old world I must roam   How I'll face every care heaven knows   But each night by light stream I'll still meet her in dreams   My darling my Blue River Rose