# Wildwood Flower

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Words by Maud Irving; music by Joseph Philbrick Webster; Carter Family later popularized it

## Earliest Located Evidence

1860 song The Pale Amaranthus / I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets

## Context

Underlying nineteenth-century song is public domain; Carter/Scrips variants are arrangement/performance lineages.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/collections/
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/wildwood-flower.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Wildwood Flower.chopro
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: C
- Capo: 5
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets, The Pale Amaranthus
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- The lyric text contains possible variant/transcription issues (“mingles”, “amanita”). Compare against the band’s actual words before editing. C/capo 5 is supplied, but no aligned chords survive.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Lyrics supplied; usable chord progression missing. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.