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Publication date
1860
Language
English
Roud number
757
Comments
The song's lyrics came from a poem of the same name written by Maud Irving (pseudonynm of J. William Van Namee), with music composed by J.P. Webster. The finished song was published in 1860. It is more well known by a variant called "Wildwood Flower", a 1928 recording by The Carter Family (which A.P. Carter registered as his own work). Other versions of the song have evolved, including "The Pale Amaranthus" (collected in Kentucky and North Carolina, reported in 1911), "Raven Black Hair" and "The Pale Wildwood Flower" (collected 1915–1919), and "The Frail Wildwood Flower".
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written by instrumental

Title Performer Release date Info
i 1953 Medley
i April 1955
i December 1960
i July 1961
i 1962
i 1963
i 1963
i October 1965 Medley
i January 1966
i (The Stanley Brothers) September 1966
i 1966
i 1966
i 1967
i June 1968
i October 20, 1970 Live
i 1970
i 1970
i Wildwood Flower Bobby Hachey 1972 Unverified
i 1974
i 1974
i 1977 Medley
i November 1980
i 1980 Released more than 10 years after recording
i 1980
i 1982 Medley
i 1991
i 1991
i 1994
i 1994
i July 1995
i 1997
i November 17, 1998
i 2000
i May 15, 2002
i 2002
i 2003
i August 30, 2005
i 2005 Released more than 10 years after recording
i 2005
i 2005 Medley
i March 15, 2007
i 2007
i 2009 Live
Released more than 10 years after recording
i 2011
i 2012
i September 23, 2016
i July 3, 2020
i Wildwood Flower JD Allen (J.D. Allen) 2021 Unverified

written by English

Title Performer Release date Info
January 4, 1929 First recording on May 10, 1928
First release
November 2, 1946
May 1949
August 1953
1955
May 1957
March 1958
1959
October 1960
1961
1961 Live
1962
April 1963
1963
February 1964
1964
February 1965
Wildwood Flower Val Murphy 1965 Unverified
Wildwood Flower The Rhythm Sweethearts 1965 Unverified
June 1966 Released more than 10 years after recording
December 1967
Wildwood Flower Jerry Shook 1967 Unverified
1967
1968
1968
1969
April 1970
1970
1971
1971
October 2, 1972
1972
1972
1973
April 10, 1974 Medley
April 1974
Wildwood Flower Al Doherty And The Frontier Express 1975 Unverified
1975 Medley
March 1977
May 20, 1977
1980
1980
1982
April 18, 1983
1983
1985
1988
1989
1992
1993 Medley
1993
October 8, 1996
June 23, 1998
November 9, 1999
March 7, 2000
October 31, 2000 Released more than 10 years after recording
December 2001
September 9, 2003
2003
2004
November 15, 2005
2005
2005 Live
July 2006
2006
June 2007
July 31, 2007
2007
2007
2007
February 5, 2008 Medley
September 23, 2008
December 9, 2008
2009
September 21, 2010
October 1, 2010
November 2010
June 23, 2011 Acoustic
2011
2011
November 5, 2013
December 2, 2013
2013 Released more than 10 years after recording
November 19, 2014
August 11, 2015
2016
January 11, 2019
June 27, 2021 Medley

written by instrumental

Title Performer Release date Info
i February 1954
i 1956
i 1962
i May 1963
i September 1963
i 1963
i 1963
i August 1964
i September 1964
i May 1966 Medley
i August 1966
i 1967
i 1969
i 1970
i 1971
i 1972
i 1972
i 1974
i April 29, 1976
i August 1, 1979
i Wildwood Flower Dan Huckabee 1981 Unverified
i 1985
i 1989
i 1992 Medley
i 1994 Acoustic
i 1997
i 2000 Acoustic
Released more than 10 years after recording
i July 10, 2004
i 2004
i 2006
i 2010
i May 2017
i December 21, 2018 Live
Released more than 10 years after recording
i 2018 Medley
i April 12, 2019 Medley

written by English Parody

written by English

Title Performer Release date Info
January 5, 1960 First recording in October 1959
First release
March 1961

written by instrumental

Title Performer Release date Info
i December 1961 First recording on November 17, 1961
First release
i 1962