Let The Children Pick The Flowers Song Lyrics and Chords
Let The Children Pick The Flowers Song Lyrics and Chords by Webb Pierce
Let The Children Pick The Flowers
Recorded by Webb Pierce
Written by Robert Daniel Russell
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I recall one Sunday
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morning on the
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way to Sunday
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school
The sun was brightly
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shining down and the
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morning air was
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cool
Me and
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brother saw some
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flowers
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growing by the garden
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gate
Momma said don't pick th
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e flowers boys they€
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™re not for us
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garden made us
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turn around and
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stare
We saw an old old
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lady
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sittin' in a rockin
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g
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And when
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she got up to
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come our way we
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could tell she couldn'
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She said let them pick the
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flowers that's thei
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r way of lovin
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Let the children pick the
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flowers let them
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see the beauty
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there
Let them study God's c
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reations that wer
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e grown with love an
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children pick the
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flowers that's wha
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t God's own words wo
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uld
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e flowers that's th
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eir way of lov
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Have you ever really
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wondered what are
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flowers growing
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for
Maybe God made them for
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children just to
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pick forever
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more
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long as roses
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ramble and they
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meet the morning
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dew
Let the children pick the
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flowers that's thei
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r way of lovin
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flowers that's wha
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t God's own words wo
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e flowers that's th
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eir way of lov
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Let The Children Pick The Flowers?
- The song Let The Children Pick The Flowers was sang by Webb Pierce.
Who is Webb Pierce?
- Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.
His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one. Pierce also charted number one for several weeks each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering," which stayed at the top spot for four of its 27 weeks' charting in 1952.
He recorded country gospel song "I Love Him Dearly" also. His iconic hit "Teenage Boogie" was covered by British band T. Rex as "I Love to Boogie" in 1974, but credited as being written by the group's lead singer Marc Bolan and not Pierce. The music of Webb was also made popular during the British rockabilly scene in the 1980s and 1990s.
For many, Pierce, with his flamboyant Nudie suits and twin silver dollar-lined convertibles, became the most recognizable face of country music of the era and its excesses. Pierce was a one-time member of the Grand Ole Opry and was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A tribute album in his honor (produced by singer-songwriter Gail Davies) was released in 2001 entitled Caught in the Webb - A Tribute To Country Legend Webb Pierce.