Wildwood Flower (I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets)

Wildwood Flower (I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets) - Nana Mouskouri/Mattie Gardner/Mary Gardner

I will twine with my mingles and waving black hair

With the roses so red and the lilies so fair

The myrtle so bright with the emerald hue

And the pale and the flower is waiting for you

I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay

I will charm every heart in this crowd I will sway

I woke from my dreams and my idol was clay

And the portions of love had all flown away

He taught me to love him and promised to love

And cherish me over all others above

My full heart is wonderin' no misery can tell

He's left me no warning no words of fairwell

He taught me to love him and called me his flower

That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour

How I longed to see him and regret the dark hour

He's gone and neglected his pale wildwood flower