| C | F | |
| I met my darlin in the | springtime |
| C | G | |
| When | all the flowers were in b | loom |
| C | F | |
| And l | ike the flowers our love | blossomed |
| C | G | C | |
| We | married | in the month of | June |
| F | |
| Our l | ove was like a burning ember |
| It warmed us as a golden glow |
| C | |
| We had sunshine in December |
| G | C | C | F | C | G | C | |
| And t | hrew our roses in the | snow |
| C | F | |
| Now God had taken my | darlin |
| C | G | |
| And | left me with a | memory |
| C | F | |
| A memory I will always | cherish |
| C | G | C | |
| Are these last | words he said to | me |
| F | |
| Our | love was like a burning ember |
| It warmed us as a golden glow |
| C | |
| We had sunshine in December |
| G | C | |
| And t | hrew our roses in the | snow |
| SOLO |
| C | F | |
| My darlin's buried on the | hillside |
| C | G | |
| Where all the wild spring flowers | grow |
| C | F | |
| And | when winter snows start | falling |
| C | G | C | |
| On his | grave I'll place a | rose |
| F | |
| Our l | ove was like a burning ember |
| It warmed us like a golden glow |
| C | |
| We had sunshine in December |
| G | C | F | C | G | C | |
| And t | hrew our roses in the s | now |
| From Emmylou Harris "Roses In The Snow" |
| Warner Brothers Records 1980 |
| Wynwood Music/Southern Melody Publishing Co.(BMI) |