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 G7 C And the pale emanita and islip so blue C G7 C Oh he promised to love me, he promised to love C G7 C And cherish me always all others above C F C I woke from my dream and my idol was clay C G7 C My passion for loving had vanished away C G7 C Oh he taught me to love him, he called me his flower C G7 C A blossom to cheer him through life's weary hour C F C But now he has gone and left me alone C G7 C The wild flowers to weep and the wild birds to moan C G7 C I'll dance and I'll sing and my life will be gay C G7 C I'll banish this weeping, drive troubles away C F C I'll live yet to see him regret this dark hour C G7 C When he won and neglected this frail wildwood flower.
