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Thread #4074 Message #3573772
Posted By: Bill D
07-Nov-13 - 09:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wildwood Flower / I'll Twine 'Mid the ...
Subject: RE: Origins: Wildwood Flower / I'll Twine 'Mid the ...
Missed this when MtheGM asked about the parody, but I'll add my version for completeness:
"My flower of the wildwood is (long) and she's tall It it weren't for her Adam's apple she'd have no shape at all. I can still see her standing underneath the trees, Tying knots in her stockings to look like she's got knees"
I 'think' heard this 'somewhere' in Kansas before 1975. It adds little to the history of the original, but merely shows how minds work...