If
You Love Me
If you love me, if you love,
love, love me,
Plant a rose for me.
And if you love me for a long, long time,
Plant an apple tree.
And whether I comes, or whether I goes,
You'll have an apple, and I'll have a rose,
So, if you love me, if you love, love, love me,
Plant a rose for me.
(Note from Moses -
The rose has become a symbol of the putups we give each other in camp partially because of this song. At the end of the week, counselors and staff are each given a fabric stick-on rose to symbolize the week of camp.
At the memorial service for Feet, a staff member who died after a long battle with complications due to many years of diabetes, each person who knew him through Outdoor School brought a long stemmed red rose and a penny (See the Magic Penny song.) to the service. The roses and pennies were placed at the front of the church during the service.
I have a feeling that as staff, former staff, and others associated with Outdoor School age and eventually die, the taking of a long stemmed rose and a penny to the memorial service will become a tradition.)