The Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower
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The Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Tommy Collins

C               G7                           C
I only saw five people when they buried Jack Dupree
                    G7                           C
Two diggers and the preacher the funeral man and me
                            F                  C
The prayer was said and the hole was filled in less than half an hour
                                         G7                  C
And I said goodbye to the little man who picked the Wildwood Flower

                     G7                              C
For twenty years I'd seen him on the lower Nashville streets
                    G7                                   C
They said he always earned enough to buy his clothes and eats
                     F                        C
He'd stop awhile and check his watch with the big clock on the tower
                                         G7                C
That's when I asked him once if he could pick the Wildwood Flower

                 G7                             C
He always drew a crowd because he put on such a show
                        G7                                  C
He'd dance and sing and play and smile just like a polished pro
                  F      C
And every time he saw me standing in the crowd
                                    G7                    C
I knew the tune that he'd play next would be the Wildwood Flower

                G7                                  C
I told him once that he could be what people call a star
                G7                                   C
And he said why boy I'm happy how many of them folks are
                    F                 C
I'd hate to have to force a smile and feel myself turn sour
                                        G7                C
There ain't no put on in my face when I pick the Wildwood Flower

                      G7                      C
Then I saw a thousand people as they begin to come
                 G7                         C
Business men and Opry stars party girls and bums
                   F             C
And on that little mound of clay bouquets begin to shower
                                           G7                  C
As they paid respect to the little man who picked the Wildwood Flower

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