Gathering Flowers For The Masters Bouquet - The Stanley Brothers
Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: E, E A D G B E
Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet by The Stanley Brothers
CD: Stanley Brothers: The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXOcz5Y7wBA
Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment
Music and Lyrics by Marvin Baumgardner
First recording Maddox Brothers and Rose (1948)
Three Hundred Country Chapel Songs and Hymns #d34.
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Death is an an
gel sent down
from above
Sent for the b
uds and the fl
owers we love
Truly 'tis so
for in heaven'
s own way
Each soul is a
flower in the
Master's bouq
uet
[Chorus]
Gathering flow
ers for the Ma
ster's bouquet
Beautiful flow
ers that will
never decay
Gathered by an
gels and carri
ed away
Forever to blo
om in the Mast
er's bouquet
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Loved ones are
passing each
day and each h
our
Passing away a
s the life of
a flower
But every bud
and each bloss
om some day
Will bloom as
a flower in th
e Master's bou
quet
[Chorus]
Gathering flow
ers for the Ma
ster's bouquet
Beautiful flow
ers that will
never decay
Gathered by an
gels and carri
ed away
Forever to blo
om in the Mast
er's bouquet
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Let us be fait
hful till life
's work is don
e
Blooming with
love till the
reaper shall c
ome
Then we'll be
gathered toget
her some day
Transplanted t
o bloom in the
Master's bouq
uet
[Chorus]
Gathering flow
ers for the Ma
ster's bouquet
Beautiful flow
ers that will
never decay
Gathered by an
gels and carri
ed away
Forever to blo
om in the Mast
er's bouquet
{Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Gathering flow
ers for the Ma
ster's bouquet
Beautiful flow
ers that will
never decay
Gathered by an
gels and carri
ed away
Forever to blo
om in the Mast
er's bouquet