merle travis
wildwood flower
Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair  With the roses so red and the lilies so fair  And the myrtles so bright with emerald dew  The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue.  Oh, I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay  I will charm ev'ry heart, in his crown I will sway  When I woke from my dreaming, idols were clay  All portions of love then had all flown away.  Oh, he taught me to love him and promised to love  And to cherish me over all others above  How my heart now is wond'ring misery can tell  He's left me no warning, no words of farewell.  Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flow'are  That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour  Oh, I'm longing to see him through life's dark hour  He's gone and neglected this pale wild wood flower.