Prairie Ministrel

            A Summer Love



                                         by Tom Vance

Key of Em

     Em          Am                          Em                       Am

                             1.
In my garden fair, a little flower, grew there,

    Em                   Am                             B7

A pretty rose, reaching for they sky;

           Em           Am                              Em                Am

And next, to her grew there, a little boy, little boy flower,

Em               Am           B7

He was a yellow daffodil.

Em                          Am                      Em                                        Am

They spent the summer long, laughing, loving on my lawn,

         Em                         Am                B7

That rose and that yellow daffodil.

       G                                                 Bm

                    Chorus
The morning brought the sun, the evening brought the dew,

    C                                                       D

Always something wonderful, always something new.

G                                     Bm

It is the time of year, for the flowers to appear,

         C                                                           B7

And make the most of what - they were meant to.

                              2.

Now this rose and this daffodil, they would talk the length of day,

And watch the sun, blazing through the sky.

Then at night, the moon they’d see, as they dreamed in serenity,

Of the love, they thought would never die.

They didn’t know when days grew short, and frost began to flake the dew,

And leaves were floating , floating from the sky.

          Chorus
That the seasons come and go, first the warm, then the cold winds blow,

And snow must someday, cover them below.

It is the time of year, for the flowers to disappear,

They’ve made the most of - what they’re meant to.

                             3.
So that rose and that daffodil,

Said goodbye and bowed their heads.

I’ll see you again, with the first spring dew,

When the world starts anew,

When the world starts anew.

Words and music by Tom Vance, © 1969.

		A Summer Love
		by Tom Vance
Key of Em
		Em Am Em Am
1.		In my garden fair, a little flower, grew there,
		Em Am B7
		A pretty rose, reaching for they sky;
		Em Am Em Am
		And next, to her grew there, a little boy, little boy flower,
		Em Am B7
		He was a yellow daffodil.
		Em Am Em Am
		They spent the summer long, laughing, loving on my lawn,
		Em Am B7
		That rose and that yellow daffodil.

		G Bm
Chorus		The morning brought the sun, the evening brought the dew,
		C D
		Always something wonderful, always something new.
		G Bm
		It is the time of year, for the flowers to appear,
		C B7
		And make the most of what - they were meant to.

2.		Now this rose and this daffodil, they would talk the length of day,
		And watch the sun, blazing through the sky.
		Then at night, the moon they’d see, as they dreamed in serenity,
		Of the love, they thought would never die.
		They didn’t know when days grew short, and frost began to flake the dew,
		And leaves were floating , floating from the sky.

Chorus		That the seasons come and go, first the warm, then the cold winds blow,
		And snow must someday, cover them below.
		It is the time of year, for the flowers to disappear,
		They’ve made the most of - what they’re meant to.

3.		So that rose and that daffodil,
		Said goodbye and bowed their heads.
		I’ll see you again, with the first spring dew,
		When the world starts anew,
		When the world starts anew.


		Words and music by Tom Vance, © 1969.