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Wildwood Flower\r\n---------------\r\n \r\nThe Carter Family\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verses]\r\n\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nI will twine and will mingle my raven black hair\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nWith the roses so red and the lilies so fair\r\nC<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nAnd the myrtle so green of an emerald hue\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nAnd the pale emanita and islip so blue\r\n \r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nOh he promised to love me, he promised to love\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nAnd cherish me always all others above\r\nC<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nI woke from my dream and my idol was clay\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nMy passion for loving had vanished away\r\n \r\n\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nOh he taught me to love him, he called me his flower\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nA blossom to cheer him through life's weary hour\r\nC<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nBut now he has gone and left me alone\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nThe wild flowers to weep and the wild birds to moan\r\n \r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nI'll dance and I'll sing and my life will be gay\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nI'll banish this weeping, drive troubles away\r\nC<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nI'll live yet to see him regret this dark hour\r\nC<\/span> G7<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nWhen he won and neglected this frail wildwood flower.\r\nX<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carter Family Wildwood Flower ————— The Carter Family [Verses] C G7 C I will twine and will mingle my raven black hair C G7 C With the roses so red and the lilies so fair C F C And the myrtle so green of an emerald hue C …