Wildwood Flower Traditional Folk Song (with tabs for a dulcimer) [D] I will twine with my mingles of [A] raven [D] black hair With the roses so red and the [A] lilies [D] so fair The myrtle so bright in its [G] emerald [D] hue And the pale amaryllis and [A] violets so [D] blue Oh he promised to love me and promised to love And cherish me over all others above I woke from my dream and my idol was clay And my portion of loving had all passed away I will dance I will sing and my life shall be gay I will charm every heart in the crowd I survey Though my heart now is breaking he shall never know How his name makes me tremble my pale cheeks to glow Oh he taught me to love him and called me his flower A blossom to cheer him through life’s weary hour But now he is gone and left me alone With the wild flowers to weep and the wild birds to moan Yes I’ll dance and I’ll sing and my life shall be gay I will banish this weeping, drive troubles away I’ll live yet to see him regret that dark hour When he won and neglected his frail wildwood flower

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