Wildwood Flower | The 161 Years Old Bluegrass song | Carter Family Live Guitar Cover

Hi there! 🤗🌺

Been wandering around the Christmas tree for almost a month already and the vibe is really high now!
Today I'm just so excited to introduce you an old song (I might even call it "an ancient song")

Wildwood Flower – An country/bluegrass American song by Carter Family!

Which first came out in 1860!

This is the first and only country and bluegrass song I ever learned to play. And here I’m gonna give you a few cool reasons why this song is so much worth a listen!

1 --- Why this song today?

I always call myself a wildwood flower – though I have no idea how it looks like! Yes! Seriously! If you google it, you’d see random wild flowers on fields or forests!
So maybe that’s me! A little girl, alone, free, wild, just want to be outside, want to be with nature facing the rain, the wind, the storms... a flower that is small and soft but so strong carrying its own vibe! A flower does not need to be colorful, does not need to be in a fancy vase on top of a beautiful table at a fancy party... a flower that you’ll feel so comfortable to be around, so you can be you! 🌺

I have still been on my journey of settling down alone somewhere far away from home. And everyday I learn new life lessons, become more and more open minded and at the same time when I get more emotionally mature, it is harder for me to fall inlove or to settle down with someone less than “a me”, less than the beautiful life that I have created! However, I'm still a sensitive person, I'm still emotional, I'm still easy to get hurt, I still have a strong sense to feel and absorb other people's feelings.

When I think of this song, it's a sad love story but I want to add something at the end: Though the flower is neglected, the flower is still beautiful, and because she is a wild flower, she will be ok as long as she is free, she will keep fighting the storms and be glorious again!

Today I think of my journey, today is 10 days until 2021 ends, today lots of thoughts coming and I sat down to think of the year I had :)
I call myself “mildly wild”. And I will keep being this way!

I have been so many genres of music on Hive, but never see a mix or country/folk and bluegrass!
This kind of music is classic, it used to be all over everywhere. And how beautiful the old stuff is? You can’t tell enough, and me either!

2-- Some words about this song:

"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".
The original Carter Family first recorded "Wildwood Flower" in 1928 on the Victor label. Maybelle Carter leads a rendition of the song on the 1972 album Will the Circle be Unbroken, and frequently performed the song in concert with Johnny Cash and on his The Johnny Cash Show. The Carter version of the song is considered the premier example of "the Carter Scratch", a form of acoustic guitar playing in which the musician (in the case of the Carters, most notably Maybelle herself) plays both the melody and rhythm lines simultaneously.
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
The original poem (if any) from which the lyrics derived has been lost. Other poems attributed to the reputed author of the lyrics, Maud Irving, may be found in periodicals of the time, including Godey's Lady's Book[6] and Home Monthly. Several of the poems in the latter periodical carry bylines indicating that the Maud Irving of those poems was a pseudonym for poet and spiritualist J. William Van Namee.

3—The Carter Family

The Carter Family is a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.
All members are family members – and if you are interested in learning about them – You’d find an amazingly interesting lovely story behind!

4-- The special picking technique in this song

“I discovered the flatpicking technique known as crosspicking when I was already a few years into learning how to play the guitar. What I like about crosspicking is that it enables you to fill out the sound of a chord around a melodic line.
It’s also a more intricate and detailed way of playing through a chord progression, as compared to simply strumming through the chords, enabling the player to present the changes and the melody at the same time.” – said by Molly Tuttle (guitarworld.com)

In this version of mine, that’s my own style that I like the technique ^^ I won't say it's all crosspicking. You may want to check out the original version to see how amazing
Maybelle Carter guitar playing skills are!

New wind of music for you! Enjoy and stay warm in this winter! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

Little Beatle ♫

Lyrics: Wildwood Flower

[Verse 1]
Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale amanita and eyes look like blue

[Verse 2]
I will dance, I will sing, and my loft shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idol was clay
All portion of love had all flown away

[Verse 3]
Oh, he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell

[Verse 4]
Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower
That's blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower