There's nothing more heartwarming than the old ballads. I remember long before Floyd Cramer recorded his version of "Wildwood Flower", I was going through the house humming it when my dad began singing the words. At the time I didn't even know my dad could sing, but learned he had a wonderful tenor voice. I was so surprised that he knew the song. He said, "Sis, that's not a new song. It goes way, way back. I used to sing that song to your Maw when we wuz' courtin'. " (1912-1915) Sure makes me wanna cry! Background on "Wildwood Flower": "Woody Guthrie and The Almanac Singers used this marvelous tune for their historic song on the sinking of the ship, "Reuben James." No one knows how far back to trace this song. One folklorist believes that the original lyric may have derived from the work of some ancient Greek poet. In any event, the song has wended its way through the folk process into many variations, although it undoubtedly has survived more because of its wild, infectious melody than its fairly mundane lyric." Just another story! Pat