Beautiful Bouquet Song Lyrics and Chords by The Cox Family
Beautiful Bouquet
Recorded by the Cox Family
Written by Rose Maddox and Dusty Rose
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For pleasure I went walking out through the fields one
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I started gathering flowers to make a sweet bou
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quet
Each flower that I gathered each one played a
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flower stood for someone held dear to my
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heart
Beautiful bouquet I'm
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gathering
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Picking the colors that will never fade
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away
Each flower has a meaning that's
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so dear to me
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flower is a treasure chest of sweet memo
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Violets for my sweetheart a white rose for my
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A red rose stood for mother the best pal that I
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had
Forget-me-nots stood faithfully
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for tried true friends of
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mine
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Daisies were for puppy loves that I left far be
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hind
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Lilies are for grandma who watches from a
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far
Poppies are for brother who lost his life at
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I put them all together to make a sweet bou
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quet
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rainbow full of colors that will never fade a
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Beautiful Bouquet?
- The song Beautiful Bouquet was sang by The Cox Family.
Who is The Cox Family?
- The Cox Family is an American country/bluegrass music group from Cotton Valley in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States. The Cox Family can be heard on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Their 1994 collaboration with Alison Krauss, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. They were nominated for another Grammy for their album Beyond the City. They may also be heard on the Traveller (1997) motion picture soundtrack with their renditions of the Carter Family's "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" and "Sweeter Than the Flowers". In 2015, they released Gone Like the Cotton, their first album for nearly 20 years.
