Pick me a wildflower in the mornin'
And I'll hold it with me always where I'm goin'
And when I feel sorrow or death is in my view
I'll wear my wildflower perfume

Tomorrow I'll be leavin' before nightfall
My captain has now heard sirens call
And as the ships sail on the ocean so blue
I'll bathe in wildflower perfume

Still picks two wildflowers every mornin'
And waits in wake of love still returnin'
And calls for the post run every afternoon
To send me wildflower perfume