I met my darlin' in the springtime When all the flowers were in bloom And like the flowers our love blossomed We married in the month of June Our love was like a burning ember It warmed us as a golden glow We had sunshine in December And threw our roses in the snow Now God has taken my darlin' And left me with a memory One memory I will always cherish Are these last words he said to me Our love was like a burning ember It warmed us as a golden glow We had sunshine in December And threw our roses in the snow My darlin's buried on the hillside Where all the wild spring flowers grow And when the winter snows start fallin' On his grave I'll place a rose Our love was like a burning ember It warmed us as a cold winds blow We had sunshine in December And grew our roses in the snow Popularized by Emmylou Harris, and was the first song on the album by the same name released in 1980.