Wildwood Flower (traditional)
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As recorded by The Carter Family
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Written by A. P. Carter
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Key of E
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[Maybelle puts a capo on the 4th fret
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and plays as if in the key of C using
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the following chords]:
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[C] Oh, I'll twine with my mingles
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And [G] waving black [C] hair
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With the roses so red
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And the [G] lilies so [C] fair;
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And the myrtle so [C7] bright
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With the [F] emerald [C] dew
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The pale and the leader
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And [G7] eyes look like [C] blue.
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Instrumental
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Oh I'll dance, I will sing
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And my laugh shall be gay.
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I will charm every heart,
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In his crown I will sway.
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When I woke from my dreaming,
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My idols was clay
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All portions of love had all flown away.
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Instrumental
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Oh he taught me to love him
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And promised to love
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And to cherish me over
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All others above.
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How my heart is now wond'ring
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No misery can tell.
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He's left me no warning,
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No words of farewell.
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Instrumental
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Oh, he taught me to love him
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And called me his flower
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That was blooming to cheer him
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Through life's dreary hour.
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Oh, I long to see him
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And regret the dark hour
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He's gone and neglected
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This pale wildwood flower.
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Wildwood Flower
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| Joan Baez |
