Who sang Wildwood Weed?
“Wildwood Weed” (As recorded by Jim Stafford) JIM STAFFORD DON BOWMAN Wildwood flower grew wild on the farm And we never knowed what it was called Some said it was a flower and some said it was a weed I didn’t give it much thought One day I was out there talkin’ to my brother And I reached down for a weed to chew on Things got fuzzy and things got blurry And then ev’rything was gone Didn’t know what happened but I knew it beat the hell Out of sniffing burlap I come to and my brother was there and he said, “What’s wrong with your eyes?” I said “I don’t know, I was chewin’ on the weed” He said, “Let me give it a try” We spent the rest of that day and most of that night tryin’ To find my brother Bill Caught up with him about six o’clock the next mornin’ Naked, singing on the windmill He said he flew up there I had to fly up and get him down He was about half crazy The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds And put ’em in the sun to dry Then we mashed ’em up and we cleaned ’em off P
