Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet
Marvin Baumgardner
G C G
1.Death is an angel sent down from above,
D
Sent for the buds and the flowers we love.
G C G
Truly tis so, for in heaven's own way,
D7 G
Each soul is a flower in the Master's Bouquet.
G C G
2.Loved ones are passing each day and each hour
D
Passing away as the life of a flower
G C G
But every bud and each blossom someday
D7 G
Will bloom as a flower in the Master's bouquet
G C G
3.Let us be faithful till life's work is done
D
Blooming with love till the reaper's shall come,
G C G
Then we'll be gathered together someday,
D7 G
Transplanted to bloom in the Master's bouquet.
Chorus
C G
Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet,
D
Beautiful flowers that will never decay,
G C G
Gathered by angels and carried away.
D7 G
Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet.
This is one of my favorite waltz's. I sang this at my fathers funeral, it was the hardest thing I've ever done. I couldn't sing it again for about a year. It is a beautiful song, a lot of bluegrass artist have recorded it over the years, including Dr. Ralph Stanley.
Tim Madsen
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
"What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away you keep forever." -Axel Munthe
