How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower-Emmylou Harris

[00:00.37]Emmylou Harris - How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower [00:10.50]How she could sing the wildwood flower [00:15.87]The orphan girl he would love so long [00:22.64]In the end he knew she'd been his finest hour [00:26.58]And all he has left of her is a song [00:33.51] [00:35.64]He first saw her [00:38.01]Standing by a cabin door [00:41.26]Her song was ringing [00:44.84]Out in a voice so strong and sure [00:48.12]To the lonesome valley [00:50.62] [00:51.43]He'd bring her there to be his bride [00:53.50] [00:55.06]Where they would live and work together [00:57.50]Side by side [00:58.44] [01:00.38]She was his sunshine [01:02.68] [01:03.62]She was his moon and morning star [01:07.88]His words would ring true [01:11.00]On the chords of her guitar [01:14.19]But he was driven [01:15.06]And lost to her for days and days [01:19.19]Till the lonesome valley finally drove her far away [01:28.07]How she could sing the wildwood flower [01:33.81]The orphan girl he would love so long [01:37.00] [01:40.00]In the end he knew she'd been his finest hour [01:46.88]And all he has left of her is a song [01:57.94] [02:19.69]We all cling to [02:22.06]As the years keep rolling on [02:25.12]One single promise [02:25.74] [02:29.24]Of a love that's past and gone [02:32.87]And that lonesome valley [02:35.12]We all walk it by ourselves [02:37.87]Where the wildwood flower [02:40.18]Is a story we will tell [02:41.45] [02:45.88]How she could sing the wildwood flower [02:48.39] [02:52.34]The orphan girl he would love so long [02:56.65] [02:58.14]In the end he knew she'd been his finest hour [03:05.08]And all he has left of her is a song [03:11.64] [03:17.46]How she could sing the wildwood flower [03:22.90]All we have left of her is a song