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26 Aug 04 - 01:27 PM (#1257446) Subject: Lyr Add: WILDWOOD FLOWER From: FIDDLE-4 I think someone was looking for this the other day Wildwood Flower Cat. #0092 (MFH #679) - As sung by Mr. Ed Stilley, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on May 1, 1958 ^^^ VERSE 1 On a evening long ago, when the sun was sinking low My true lover went to sail upon th sea It was in th month of June And th roses were in bloom When he took me in arms and said to me, CHORUS Your a flower blooming in th wildwood A flower that is bloomin' there for me Sweeter than th morning dew And I'll soon return to you A flower that is blooming there for me VERSE 2 But a letter came to me, from th Captain of th sea He told me that my darl'ns over due O, the shock and great surprise Made th tear drops in my eyes When I thought of th last words that he said, VERSE 3 He cannot come back to me, he got drowned in th sea And all my weary wait are over now But when it's in th month of June And th roses are in bloom It seems that I can hear my lover say, fiddle-4 |
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26 Aug 04 - 01:38 PM (#1257460) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: WILDWOOD FLOWER From: Malcolm Douglas From The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection, and already posted here at A flower blooming in the wildwood. |
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26 Aug 04 - 02:06 PM (#1257492) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: WILDWOOD FLOWER From: GUEST My mistake fiddle-4 |