SWEET VIOLETS My wife, she died in the bathtub, she died of a terrible fit, To fulfill her very last wishes, she was buried in six feet of... chorus: Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to foot, covered all over with snow. ... Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to foot, covered all over with.. Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to foot, covered all over with snow. ...