Could this be it?

YOU'RE A FLOWER IN THE WILDWOOD
As sung by Del McCoury

1. 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,
That 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's blooming there for me.

2. Then this message came to me from a captain on the sea,
And it told me that my darling was dead,
Oh the shock and great surprise brought the teardrops to my eyes,
When I thought about the last words that he said: CHORUS

3. 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,
Oh, it seems that I can hear my darling say: CHORUS

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