How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower

Album: All I Intended to Be (2008)
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    How she could sing the Wildwood Flower
    The orphan girl he would love so long
    In the end he knew she'd been his finest hour
    And all he has left of her is a song

    He first saw her
    Standing by a cabin door
    Her song was ringing
    Out in a voice so strong and sure
    To the lonesome valley
    He bring her there to be his bride
    Where they would live and work together
    Side by side

    She was his sunshine
    She was his moon and morning star
    His words would ring to
    The chords of her guitar

    He was driven
    And lost to her for days and days
    'Til the lonesome valley
    Finally drove her far away

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    We all cling to
    As the years keep rolling on
    One single promise
    Of a love that's past and gone
    And that lonesome valley
    We all walk it by ourselves
    With the wildwood flower
    Is a story we will tell

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    How she could sing the Wildwood Flower
    And all we have left of her is a song Writer/s: ANNA MCGARRIGLE, EMMYLOU HARRIS, KATE MCGARRIGLE
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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