Oh, I’ll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale amanita and eyes look like blue
Wildwood Flower, Carter Family
Fair Georgia twines with her mingles and the myrtle so bright in a rustic setting.
Today’s youtube is from a Grand Ole Opry television show recorded in the 1950s. This is pure gold. The song Wildwood Flower is a county music classic by The Carter Family.
Here is a television clip from the Johnny Cash Show in the 1970s with Mother Maybelle Carter singing Wildwood Flower. Backup singers are Anita Carter and Helen Carter
WILDWOOD FLOWER
As recorded by The Carter Family
Written by A. P. Carter
CAPO: 7th Fret/KEY: E/PLAY: C Tempo=100bpm
Oh, I’ll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale amanita and eyes look like blue
I will dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
All portion of love had all blown away
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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 called 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
Johnny Cash: WILDWOOD FLOWER
Oh I’ll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the rose so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle 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 her crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idols were clay
All portions of love had all blown away
Oh she taught me to love her and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell
She left me no warning no words of farewell
Yes she taught me to love her and call me her flower
That was blooming to cheer her through life’s dreary hour
Oh I long to see her and regret the dark hour
She’s gone and neglected her pale wildwood flower
