Daily Workshops 4/17/08
April 17, 2008
Juile writes:
Oh sure, make a girl a lot of promises, go off to the big party, catch the bouquet at the wedding, and then move on to other things . . .
Truth is, Wildwood Flower is probably THE song I most wanted to learn when I started playing the banjo (and I am still such a beginner!). Before I was born, my grandparents, my uncles, and my dad played dances on the ranches and in the communities in the central Idaho mountains. I missed all that, but when I was a kid my dad and grandpa would still occasionally get out the guitars and convince my grandma to play the piano. And my favorite was always Wildwood Flower. (Okay, that and the boogie woogie piano–for a tiny woman, she could sure make that piano jump!)
So I’ve been working away and waiting for that next promised installment on Wildwood Flower . . . hope you get back to it some day. (I know you’re not crazy about the song, but I sure am. And the actual lyrics from 1860 really DO make sense . . . http://www.pdmusic.org/webster/jpw60itmtr.txt )
With that in mind, all three of today’s daily workshops center around Wildwood Flower.
The Daily Frail
Harmonica
Crisfield Guitar
April 17, 2008 at 8:52 am
Yes! I was also finding myself practicing this one over and over while y’all were away on your retreat. Thanks to Julie for the vintage lyrics, I’ll try using those. “The only thing you can do wrong is stop the music. Keep going!” That sounds like a t-shirt slogan if I ever heard one.
April 17, 2008 at 11:40 am
Julie, there´s a neat follow up of “Wildwood Flower” called “Daddie´s Wildwood Flower”. I don´t know the author but I know it sung by Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Really a touching song.
April 17, 2008 at 12:02 pm
[...] But today, Julie posted a link to the original lyrics (1860) on Patrick Costello’s blog. [...]
April 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Those are great lyrics, the song makes sense now!
Wildwood flower is my favorite song to play. Thanks for those lyrics.
April 17, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Oh wow! and it won’t even be my birthday for almost another month (Mother’s Day this year). Thanks so much Patrick!
and in answer to your question, I live in Georgia but I’ll always be an Idaho girl!
April 18, 2008 at 11:53 am
A HA! Now it makes sense! Great catch on those old lyrics, Julie from Idaho!
Post a video of the song on banjo! Please….
Fred from Baltimore