Beautiful South The Artificial Flowers Lyrics

Artificial Flowers Lyrics

(harnick/bock)

 Alone in the world was poor little anne

 As sweet a young child as you'd find

 Her parents had gone to their final reward

 Leaving their baby behind

 

 Did you hear this poor little child

 Was only nine years of age

 When mother and dad went away

 Still she bravely worked

 At the one thing she knew

 To earn a few pennies a day

 

 She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers

 Flowers for ladies of fashion to wear

 She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers

 Fashioned from annie's despair

 

 With papers and shears, with wire and wax

 She made up each tulip and mum

 As snow flakes drifted in to her tenement room

 Her baby little fingers grew numb

 

 >from artificial flowers, those artificial flowers

 Flowers for ladies of high fashion to wear

 She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers

 Made from annie's despair

 

 And they found little annie all covered with ice

 Still clutching her poor frozen shears

 Amidst all the blossoms, she had fashioned by hand

 And watered with all her young tears

 

 There must be a heaven where little annie can play

 In heavenly gardens and bowers

 And instead of halo, she'll wear round her head

 A garland of genuine flowers

 

 No more artificial flowers, artificial flowers

 Flowers for ladies of society to wear

 Those artificial flowers, artificial flowers

 Fashioned from annie's

 Fashioned from annie's despair