I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets
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- Lyrics written by
- Bob Ferguson
- Original music written by
- Joseph Webster
- Original lyrics written by
- J. William Van Namee
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-071.207.843-7 BMI, ISWC
- Adapted from
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I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets written by Joseph Webster, J. William Van Namee
- Comments
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Exact same tune as The Carter Family's 1928 recording of "Wildwood Flower" (which was itself a copy of "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets") with considerably revised lyrics.
Harvie June Van lyrics -
(Chorus: Pale Wildwood Flower (The Browns say "Poor Wildwood Flower))
Oh he promised to love me, and called me his flower,
That's been blooming to please him, through life's every hour.
Oh we wandered to the hill where the wildflowers grew,
He said "Every flower reminds me of you".
(Chorus: Just you, sweet you)
The lilies he said are your love sweet and true,
And the dew sprinkled rose is the image of you.
The wild morning glory, in branches does tower,
Each sings to me of my pale wildwood flower.
(Chorus: Pale Wildwood Flower)
So he taught me to love him, and promised to stay,
But the summer must end, and the rose fade away.
He left me one morning, and he never knew,
His pale wildwood flower was withering, too.
(Chorus: Poor Wildwood Flower)
Now I'm sinking so low, when the light is growing dim,
In my hands placed a lily, in memory of him.
Tell him I forgive him, though I regret the hour,
He walked off and left me, his pale wildwood flower.
(Chorus: Pale Wildwood Flower) - Published by
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BACKWOODS MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
BMI
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