The following song has been recorded under several titles:
GIVE ME FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING
GIVE ME MY FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING
GIVE ME THE FLOWERS
GIVE ME THE FLOWERS WHILE I'M LIVING


GIVE ME THE FLOWERS (correct title according to BMI)
Elvin Biggers, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs (according to BMI)
Gladys Stacey Flatt, Elvin Bigger, Louise Certain (according to some other sources)

In this world today where we're living,
Some folks say the worst of us they can,
But when we are dead and in our caskets,
They always slip some lilies in our hands.

CHORUS: [Won't you] Give me my flowers while I'm living
And let me enjoy them while I can.
[Please] Don't wait till I'm ready to be buried
And then slip some lilies in my hand.

In this world is where we need our flowers,
A kind word to help us get along.
If you can't give me flowers while I'm living,
Then please, don't send them when I'm gone.

[Recorded by Flatt & Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Gospel", The Amazing Rhythm Aces "How the Hell Do You Spell Rhythum?", Terry Allen "Salivation", The Lost & Found "Hymn Time", The Knitters "Modern Sounds of the Knitters"]