Faded Flowers is based on a parlor song by James Powers and JH Brown published in 1851. It was recorded first in 1928 and is also known as "Lost Love."

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FADED FLOWERS- Carter family 1933

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The flowers I saw in the wildwood
Have since dropped their beautiful leaves
And the many dear friends of my childhood
Have slumbered for years in their graves

But the bloom of the flowers I remember
Though their smiles I may nevermore see
For the cold, chilly winds of December
Stole my flowers' companions from me

    'Tis no wonder that I'm brokenhearted
    And stricken with sorrows should be
    For we have met, we have loved, we have parted
    My flowers' companions and me

      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

How dark looks this world and how dreary
When we part from the ones that we love
There is rest for the faint and the weary
And friends meet with loved ones above

For in heaven I can but remember
When from earth my soul shall be freed
That no cold, chilly winds of December
Shall steal my companions from me

      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

    'Tis no wonder that I'm brokenhearted
    And stricken with sorrows should be
    For we have met, we have loved, we have parted
    My flowers' companions and me