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American song

For the June Carter Cash album, see Wildwood Flower (album). For the Jim Stafford song that uses the term, see Wildwood Weed.

"Wildwood Flower" (or "The Wildwood Flower") is an American song, best known through performances and recordings by the Carter Family.

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It is a folk song, cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No.

History

"Wildwood Flower" is a variant of the song "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets",^[1] published in 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 ),^[2] "Raven Black Hair" and "The Pale Wildwood Flower" (collected &#;), and "The Frail Wildwood Flower".^[3]

The original Carter Family first recorded "Wildwood Flower" in on the Victor label.

Maybelle Carter leads a rendition of the song on the album Will the Circle be Unbro