Red Roses + 

I’m waitin’ for de springtime + 

When de tulips grow⁠— + 

Sweet, sweet springtime + 

When de tulips grow; + 

Cause if I’d die in de winter + 

They’d bury me under snow. + 

Un’neath de snow, Lawd, + 

Oh, what would I do? + 

Un’neath de snow, + 

I say what would I do? + 

It’s bad enough to die but + 

I don’t want freezin’ too. + 

I’m waitin’ for de springtime + 

An’ de roses red, + 

Waitin’ for de springtime + 

When de roses red + 

’Ll make a nice coverin’ + 

Fer a gal that’s dead. + 