I met my darlin' in the springtime   When all the flowers were in bloom   And like the flowers our love blossomed   We married in the month of June      Our love was like a burning ember   It warmed us as a golden glow   We had sunshine in December   And threw our roses in the snow      Now God has taken my darlin'   And left me with a memory   A memory I will always cherish   Are these last words he said to me      Our love was like a burning ember   It warmed us as a golden glow   We had sunshine in December   And threw our roses in the snow      My darlin's buried on the hillside   Where all the wild spring flowers grow   And when winter snows start fallin'   On his grave I'll place a rose      Our love was like a burning ember   It warmed us as cold winds blow   We had sunshine in December   And threw our roses in the snow