Wildwood Flower
by A.P. Carter
"The first time
I heard this song, I was just a kid. My mother sang it
and her mother sang it. It has been handed down for many
years. It's the most popular song we ever recorded, and
there's hardly a country group who doesn't use this
song."
— Mother Maybelle Carter of the original Carter Family
Wildwood Flower
Oh I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the mirtles so bright with the emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue.
I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart in each crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idols were clay
All portions of love had all blown away.
Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell
He's left me no warning no words of farewell.
Oh he taught me to love him and call me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary
hour
Oh I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's gone and neglected his pale wildwood flower.
1935 renewed by Peer Southern Organization..
