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.