GIVE ME THE ROSES WHILE I LIVEWonderful things of folks are said when they have passed away
Roses adorn the narrow bed over the sleeping clay
Give me the roses while I live trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give after the soul is goneLet us not wait to do good deeds till they have passed away
Now is the time to sow good seeds while here on earth we stayKind words are useless when folks lie cold in a narrow bed
Don't wait till death to speak kind words, now should the words be said