Flo and Rose were lovers

they ran a florists' shop,

buds and lilies binding

a love they'd never lop

 

then Rose met a driver

new emotions but true,

she left Lily cut deeply

and eloped off to Kew

 

sick to death of flowers

Lily pined, got sick, died,

specified in her last will

no wreaths grave-side

 

her plot's tidy but bare

no blooms for her woes,

all except a sole flower

a crimson perfect rose