[dcab-l] Songs from the South: Wildwood Flower

Music Lovers:

 

 

Here is another live cut from Rattlesnake Hill, at the Appalachian Jubilee, and features Ed's guitar picking.

 

Wildwood Flower is a variant of the song I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets, published in 1860 by composer Joseph Philbrick Webster, who wrote the music, with lyrics attributed to Maud Irving. 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.  Woody Guthrie used the tune of I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets for the verses of his song The Sinking of the Reuben James, although he added a chorus to the song.

 

Most country and bluegrass folks today associate Wildwood Flower  with the Carter Family, recorded 5/8/34 in Camden N.J.

 

Musicians:

  Warren Reeder  Dobro

  Dan Cassidy      Fiddle

  Greg Nelson      Bass

  Ed Schaeffer     Rhythm & Lead Guitar

 

To listen, click the URL:

 

http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html

 

I hope you enjoy it!

 

Ed