Wildwood Flower

The Carter Family

Wildwood Flower
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The Carter Family
 
 
[Verses]

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I will twine and will mingle my raven black hair
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With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
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And the myrtle so green of an emerald hue
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And the pale emanita and islip so blue
 
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Oh he promised to love me, he promised to love
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And cherish me always all others above
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I woke from my dream and my idol was clay
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My passion for loving had vanished away
 

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Oh he taught me to love him, he called me his flower
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A blossom to cheer him through life's weary hour
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But now he has gone and left me alone
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The wild flowers to weep and the wild birds to moan
 
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I'll dance and I'll sing and my life will be gay
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I'll banish this weeping, drive troubles away
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I'll live yet to see him regret this dark hour
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When he won and neglected this frail wildwood flower.
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