WRITTEN BY MAUD IRVING, J.P. WEBSTER, AND A.P. CARTER-1860.
RECORDED BY THE CARTER FAMILY-1927.
DUANE EDDY RECORDED "WILDWOOD FLOWER" IN 1958.
HE IS PLAYING HIS INSTRUMENTAL.
OH, I'LL TWINE 'MID THE RINGLETS OF MY RAVEN BLACK HAIR,
THE LILLIES SO PALE AND THE ROSES SO FAIR.
THE MYRTLE SO BRIGHT WITH AN EMERALD HUE,
AND THE PALE ARONAUTS WITH EYES OF BRIGHT BLUE.
I'LL SING AND I'LL DANCE, MY LAUGH SHALL BE GAY,
I'LL CEASE THIS WILD WEEPING, DRIVE SORROW AWAY.
THOUGH MY HEART NOW IS BREAKING, HE NEVER SHALL KNOW,
THAT HIS NAME MADE ME TREMBLE AND MY PALE CHEEKS TO GLOW.
I'LL THINK OF HIM NEVER, I'LL BE WILDLY GAY,
I'LL CHARM EVERY HEART AND THE CROWD I WILL SWAY.
I'LL LIVE YET TO SEE HIM REGRET THE DARK HOUR,
WHEN HE WON, THEN NEGLECTED THE FRAIL WILDWOOD FLOWER.
HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME AND PROMISED TO LOVE,
THROUGH ILL AND MISFORTUNE ALL OTHERS ABOVE.
ANOTHER HAS WON HIM, AH MISERY TO TELL,
HE LEFT ME IN SILENCE, NO WORD OF FAREWELL.
HE TAUGHT ME TO LOVE HIM, HE CALLED ME HIS FLOWER,
THAT BLOSSOMED FOR HIM ALL THE BRIGHTER EACH HOUR.
BUT I WOKE FROM MY DREAMING, MY IDOL WAS CLAY,
MY VISIONS OF LOVE HAVE ALL FADED AWAY.
DUANE EDDY RECORDED TWO MAJOR HITS IN 1958:
"REBEL 'ROUSER" AND "WILDWOOD FLOWER." HE WAS ONLY TWENTY YEARS-OLD WHEN HE GAINED FAME AS THE #1 ROCK & ROLL INSTRUMENTAL GUITARIST.
DUANE EDDY WROTE SEVERAL TV THEME SONGS SUCH AS, "BALLAD OF PALADIN", AND "PEPE."
IN 1962, DUANE EDDY MARRIED A TEENAGED WILDWOOD FLOWER BY THE NAME OF JESSI COLTER. THE MARRIAGE LASTED SIX YEARS.
IN 1969, JESSI COLTER MARRIED WAYLON JENNINGS. SHE RECORDED "I'M NOT LISA" THAT SAME YEAR.
DUANE EDDY'S "REBEL 'ROUSER" INSTRUMENTAL WAS INTRODUCED TO A
NEW GENERATION IN THE MOVIE "FORREST GUMP." AS 'GUMP' RAN ACROSS THE FOOTBALL FIELD, "REBEL 'ROUSER" WAS THE MOTIVATION MUSIC.
DUANE EDDY WAS BORN IN NEW YORK IN 1938. HE'S MADE HIS HOME IN PHOENIX FOR THE LAST 49 YEARS.
