Wildwood Flower

A.P. Carter, 1928· Songs Well-Known in America · p.371

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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 AMANITA 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.

* "This is a variant of the song "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets",[1] published in 1860 by composer Joseph

Webster, with lyrics attributed to Maud Irving. (Wikipedia.org) Roud Index 757. Tune is same as The Reuben

James