Only A Rose From My Mother's Grave Lyrics - Hank Snow

Written by Del Lyon - Lani McIntire 

Recorded by Hank Snow 

It's only a rose from my mother's grave 

That I'd planted long long ago 

I pulled it from a stem, where it used to wave 

With a windward soft and low 

It's only a flower white and so fair 

That she used to love so well 

Sweet were the perfume that filled the air 

Round her grave down in the dell 

It's only a rose, a fragrant white rose 

That bloomed on my mother's grave 

Peace to her soul and blessed reposed 

With a bright rose above her way 

Only a rose from my mother's grave 

A flower she loved when here 

I shall press it away in a book and save 

Bloom will never end in years 

For mother was like this snow white rose 

Gentle at heart and lovely too 

Soon came the twilight with repose 

Angels made her bed and knew 

Only a rose from my mother's grave 

Kissed by dew from heaven up above 

Over her form it used to wave 

In its tenderness and love 

Only a rose, but through the years 

We've been in some hollow shrine 

Often our eyes will fill with tears 

Gazing on this flower divine 

**Transcribed by Tammy Roy from "Somewhere Along Life's Highway" 09/30/03 

**Not sure about some words!