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Thread #2793 Message #12511
Posted By: Gene
18-Sep-97 - 11:50 PM
Thread Name: 'New' verses to old songs
Subject: Lyr Add: FLOWER OF THE WILDWOOD^^
Never heard the Flatt & Scruggs version but I have this LP of Homer & Jethro with it...They're the BEST IMHO!
FLOWER OF THE WILDWOOD HOMER & JETHRO AT THE CONVENTION 1962 RCA LP-2492
Oh, my flower of the wildwood was skinny and tall. But for her Adam's apple, she'd have no shape at all. I can still see her there, sittin' under the trees, Tyin' knots in her stockin's so it'd look like she had knees.
Then she joined a burlesque show that come to our town, And she thought as a stripper her fortune was found, But she bumped into trouble and now she is gone. Instead of yellin' "Take if off," they hollered "Leave it on."
She would eat like a horse but she never grew big. 'Bout as useless as sprayin' perfume on a pig. "I'm a natural blond," my flower would swear, But black was the color of the roots of her hair.