Lyrics copied from http://members.aol.com/garydodee/GJSONGS.HTML#A10

JUST A ROSE WILL DO
(J. A. McClung, 1942)

When time shall come for my leaving, when I bid you adieu,
Don't spend your money for flowers. Just a rose will do.

CHORUS: I'll go to a beautiful garden at last when life's work is through.
Don't spend your money for flowers. Just a rose will do.

Just have an old-fashioned preacher preach a sermon so true.
I'll need no beautiful flowers. Just a rose will do. CHO.

I'll need no organization just to make a to-do.
I'll need no bright decorations. Just a rose will do. CHO.

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There is a page about J. A. McClung at the Gospel Music Hall of Fame web site.

"Just a Rose Will Do" appears in the book, "Country Gospel USA," and in "Radio Favorites" from Albert E. Brumley & Sons, publishers.

"Just a Rose Will Do," performed by Hylo Brown, appears in the anthology, "24 Old-Timey Favorites," Rural Rhythm CD #271, 2001. It was also recorded by the Lewis Family on their album "Live in Georgia," Riversong CD #84418-2861-2.

"Just One Rose Will Do" was also recorded Carl Story on "Mighty Close to Heaven," King CD #219, 1996; and by the Swanee Quintet on "Just One Rose Will Do," Atlanta International CD #10204, 1995.

This web page says that the phrase "One rose will do" is inscribed on a couple of tombstones at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Gadsden County, Florida.