Does anyone recognise these lyrics?

Question

"There's a yellow rose withering on the vine" or something similar to that - maybe "there's a yellow rose that withers on the vine".

Please help!

It isn't "I Would've Loved You Anyway" or "Wagoner's Lad".
Thanks for trying though!

I have already tried using "Google" and "Yahoo" search - nothing even close to what I'm looking for comes up.

The song is probably about 20 years old or so, but it's not Delta Dawn.

I can't remember if it was a male or female singer (sorry!).

Answer 1

Is it a male or female singer? Old song or new one?

I recognize the lyrics, It sounds like maybe an old George Jones song. Could it be Delta Dawn?

Answer 2

Mike Craver - Wagoner's Lad

"A Wagoner's Lad"
I was the son of a wagoner, born with a heavy load
I grew up at the old home place, down by the Rockford Road
Down by the Rockford Road

For years I worked the wagoners' trade, making those buggies shine
I courted little Mary with the chestnut curls, rosebud blooming on the vine
Rosebuds blooming on the vine

Had me a shop in the Rockford town, Nineteen Hundred and Two
Built me a barn with the carbide lights, a cottage with a river view
A cottage with a river view

CHORUS: Fly away little birdie oh fly away
Winter's a coming little birdie, so fly, fly, fly

Married little Mary in the Dunkard Church, the second day of June
Breaking out the fiddles at the old camp ground, dancing to the yellow moon
Dancing to the yellow moon

But oh kind stranger listen to me, things ain't what they seem
The sweetest flower withers on the vine, life is a sorrowful dream
Life is a sorrowful dream

Found my little Mary in the new mown hay, pale as a winter sky
Brushed the curls from her burning cheeks, a fever in her eyes
A fever in her eyes

CHORUS

Oh kind stranger listen to me, once I was just like you
Standing on the hill with a new made plow, blackberries in the dew
Blackberries in the dew

But the only one I ever loved, sleeping in the cold, cold ground
I took me a torch and gallon of oil, I burned those buildings down
I burned those buildings down

The Miller boys come in the dead of the night and beat me deaf and dumb
Left me in the middle of the Rockford Road, I reckon my kingdom's come
I reckon my kingdom's come

CHORUS

For years I wandered the Natchez Trace, rambled East and West
But I couldn't forget my little Mary's face and never could I find my rest
Never could I find my rest

So I returned to the old home place in 1922
Slept on the sacks in the wagon shed, walked in the morning dew
Walked in the morning dew

I roamed the streets of Rockford town, begging for rags and bread
Trying to tell my story on the courthouse steps, a fire burning in my head
A fire burning in my head

CHORUS

Now the young folks are selling off the old home place, cutting all the timber down
I sit and sing in the evening shade but nobody hears a sound
Nobody hears a sound

Oh kind stranger listen to me -- the end is coming soon
Live your life in the burning light, dance to the yellow moon
Dance to the yellow moon

Oh once I was a wagoner's lad, drinking from the living stream
Now I'm sleeping in the old church yard, life is a curious dream
Life is a curious dream

CHORUS

Answer 3

I Would Have Loved You Anyway - Trisha Yearwood?

Answer 4

google the lyric