Wildwood Flower lyrics

I will twine mid my ringlets of raven black hair

the lily so pale and the roses so fair

and the myrtle so bright with an emerald hue

the pale amaryllis and the violets so blue

I will dance, I will sing, and my life will be gay

I'll cease this wild weeping, drive sorrow away

Though my heart is now breaking, he'll never know

His name made me tremble, my pale cheeks to glow

He told me he loved me and promised to love

through ill and misfortune, all others above

Now another has won him, oh 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

I'll think of him never, I'll be wildly gay

I'll charm every heart and the crowd I will sway

And I'll live yet to see him regret the dark hour

He won and neglected the frail wildwood flower