Molly Tuttle - Wildwood Flower

This is my arrangement of "Wlldwood Flower", which was featured in my Crosspicking 101 lesson that was featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine!

You can view the lesson here:

[Michigan]

After exploring hundreds of beginner tutorials to cross picking, I have decided to go with your method. Wish me luck. I'm 72 and off on a new venture!

[joedirt]

I remember my late father playing this tune in the kitchen of our farm house. Never knew the name of the tune but sure remember the tune. It brings back good memories everytime I hear it. Thank you so much, beings a year too my eyes when I hear it to this day. Again thank you so much.

[drigen]

The first song I every learned to play... Brings back memories

[jerrylanglois]

Amazing how she can take such a simple song and make it sound so good !

[anthonybrock]

Hello Molly. Anthony here. We absolutely enjoy you over here in Brisbane. You have more fans than you know over in Scotland. What a bonny version of the song you've played here. Thank you.

[jamesmonahan]

Holy-smoke. What an amazing performance. ❤

[bobshafto]

This tune reminded me of "The Sinking of the Reuben James" by Woody Guthrie. So after listening to this, I listened to the Kingston Trio version of the Reuben James. Then got curious about the history of the ship the Reuben James. Web meandering came full circle when I read on the ship's Wikipedia entry that Woody actually did incorporate the "Wildwood Flowers" tune ("I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" - Joseph Philbrick Webster 1860) into the verses of the "Sinking of the Reuben." Not just an incidental similarity.

I don't know why I'm posting this. I just thought it was a neat discovery, sparked by Molly's tutorial.

[Tonetwisters]

As a rock and roller, when my bandmates went off to break, I picked up the life of many a party by kicking into "Wildwood Flower" and had a great time doing it! People loved this song and came out of the woodwork to dance to it. I played it fast and it soared!

[SWEETROSESINGSDANCES]

EVERYTHING MOLLY TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD!

[lowrider]

Beautiful rendition of a classic. Well done, Ma’am.

[patricelongchamps]

It brings emotions by just looking at how you play and how feel the song! Great !!

[edwin]

For those of you trying to learn this, there's a hammer on from 0 to 2 on the D string at 1:31, which the tab does not show . I'm in the process of learning this, and I was a bit confused at first why it didn't sound the same. The linked tab is actually from another video lesson that doesn't have that hammer on. It sounds nicer with this little extra flourish though.

[ritaggn]

You were my instructor for banjo at the Ness Creek Bluegrass Camp a couple years back. I really enjoyed it and was truly amazed at how well you played guitar and banjo. Lovely clip. R.

[richardhead]

Molly, I discovered you on Troy Grady's channel the other day. And I have been enjoying your videos ever since.

[digitalsketchguy]

Hey Molly! Thanks to you & Billy Strings, i am now hooked on bluegrass.
Thank you very much!

[stephenehn]

By far my favorite artist currently. Wildwood Flower was the first song I learned on guitar and I love, love, love the claw hammer style on Acoustic. So cool Molly so cool! Thank you! Please come to Denver, CO sometime!

[battlehrfred]

Very talented lady for sure. All of the Tuttle family is amazing Musicians 100-100

[haroldmartin]

Thank you for taking time to share. You are talented - kind & thoughtful ( & I sound like a fortune cookie ).

[jeffinphx]

How does Molly not have 500, 000 subscribers?

[lallagammon]

Parlor version. "WILDWOOD FLOWER"
She is waiting for me in a rose colored bower,
And her eyes are like violets after a shower,
For she's dreaming of dreams through the long summer hours,
my sweetheart, my own, my frail wildwood flower.

All the wild forest creatures are under her spell,
On her shoulder the dove it's love secrets will tell,
And the wild dappled fawn comes to lie at the feet,
of my frail, wildwood flower, So gentle and so sweet.

I will pick tender blossoms to twine in her hair,
lovely roses so red and the lilies so fair,
Lovely myrtle so bright with the emerald hue,
Buttercups yellow, forget-me-nots blue

There's no artist can paint her, no poet can write,
How she warms this old heart like the sunbeams so bright,
I will love and protect her and never more part,
From that frail wildwood flower that twines around my heart