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==Lyrics== ==Lyrics==
There are as many as thirty verses to the song, and many variations of each verse. A typical version, described by James Halliwell in 1849,<ref name=Halliwell/> is: There are as many as thirty verses to the song, and many variations of each verse. A typical version, described by ] in 1849,<ref name=Halliwell/> is:
:Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green, <poem style="margin-left:2em;">Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,
:When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen: When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen:
:Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so? Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so?
:'Twas mine own heart, dilly dilly, that told me so. 'Twas mine own heart, dilly dilly, that told me so.


:Call up your men, dilly dilly, set them to work, Call up your men, dilly dilly, set them to work,
:Some with a rake, dilly dilly, some with a ]; Some with a rake, dilly dilly, some with a ];
:Some to make hay, dilly dilly, some to thresh corn, Some to make hay, dilly dilly, some to thresh corn,
:Whilst you and I, dilly dilly, keep ourselves warm. Whilst you and I, dilly dilly, keep ourselves warm.


:If you should die, dilly dilly, as it may hap, If you should die, dilly dilly, as it may hap,
:You shall be buried, dilly dilly, under the tap; You shall be buried, dilly dilly, under the tap;
:Who told you so, dilly dilly, pray tell me why? Who told you so, dilly dilly, pray tell me why?
:That you might drink, dilly dilly, when you are dry.<ref name=Halliwell/> That you might drink, dilly dilly, when you are dry.<ref name=Halliwell/></poem>


==Origins== ==Origins==
{{wikisource|Diddle, Diddle|Diddle, Diddle: Or, The Kind Country Lovers}} {{wikisource|Diddle, Diddle|Diddle, Diddle: Or, The Kind Country Lovers}}
The earliest surviving version of the song is in a ] printed in England between 1672 and 1679,<ref name=Fresno/> under the name ''Diddle Diddle, Or The Kind Country Lovers''.<ref>See also </ref> The broadside indicates it is to be sung to the tune of "Lavender Green", implying that a tune by that name was already in existence. The lyrics printed in the broadside are fairly bawdy, celebrating sex and drinking.<ref name=TradMusLib/> The earliest surviving version of the song is in a ] printed in England between 1672 and 1679,<ref name=Fresno/> under the name ''Diddle Diddle, or The Kind Country Lovers''.<ref>See also </ref> The broadside indicates it is to be sung to the tune of "Lavender Green", implying that a tune by that name was already in existence. The lyrics printed in the broadside are fairly bawdy, celebrating sex and drinking.<ref name=TradMusLib/>


According to Robert B. Waltz, "The singer tells his lady that she must love him because he loves her. He tells of a vale where young man and maid have lain together, and suggests that they might do the same". Waltz cites ] as describing this broadside version as being about a girl named Nell keeping the singer's bed warm.<ref name=Fresno/> According to Robert B. Waltz, "The singer tells his lady that she must love him because he loves her. He tells of a vale where young man and maid have lain together, and suggests that they might do the same". Waltz cites ] as describing this broadside version as being about a girl named Nell keeping the singer's bed warm.<ref name=Fresno/>


Here is the first of ten verses: Here is the first of ten verses:
<poem style="margin-left:2em;">Lavender's green, diddle, diddle,
<poem>
Lavender's green, diddle, diddle, {{0|—}}Lavender's blue
:Lavender's blue
You must love me, diddle, diddle, You must love me, diddle, diddle,
:cause I love you, {{0|—}}cause I love you,
I heard one say, diddle, diddle, I heard one say, diddle, diddle,
:since I came hither, {{0|—}}since I came hither,
That you and I, diddle, diddle, That you and I, diddle, diddle,
:must lie together.<ref name=Opie1997/> {{0|—}}must lie together.<ref name=Opie1997/></poem>
</poem>


Both Waltz (citing ]) and Halliwell have noted the song's association with ] and the choosing of the king and queen of the festivities of that holiday.<ref name=Fresno/><ref name=Halliwell/> Both Waltz (citing ]) and Halliwell have noted the song's association with ] and the choosing of the king and queen of the festivities of that holiday.<ref name=Fresno/><ref name=Halliwell/>
] ]
"Lavender's Blue" emerged as a children's song in ''Songs for the Nursery'' in 1805 in the form: "Lavender's Blue" emerged as a children's song in ''Songs for the Nursery'' in 1805 in the form:
:Lavender blue and Rosemary green, <poem style="margin-left:2em;">Lavender blue and Rosemary green,
:When I am king you shall be queen; When I am king you shall be queen;
:Call up my maids at four o'clock, Call up my maids at four o'clock,
:Some to the ] and some to the ]; Some to the ] and some to the ];
:Some to make hay and some to shear ], Some to make hay and some to shear ],
:And you and I will keep the bed warm.<ref name=Opie1997/> And you and I will keep the bed warm.<ref name=Opie1997/></poem>


Similar versions appeared in collections of rhymes throughout the 19th century.<ref name=Opie1997/> Similar versions appeared in collections of rhymes throughout the 19th century.<ref name=Opie1997/>

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Source<ref>{{cite book|title=The Baby's Opera|page=17|editor=]|others=engraved by ]|year=1877|publisher=George Routledge and Sons|location=London, New York|url=https://dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/babysoperabookof00cran/babysoperabookof00cran.pdf|via=]}}</ref>


==Revival== ==Revival==
===1949=== ===1949===
A version of the song, titled "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)", was featured in the 1948{{Cref2|A}} ] film '']'', where it was sung by ]. This version was nominated for ] in ]. This version of the song was credited to ] (music) and ] (lyrics). "Lavender Blue" was one of 400 nominees for the ]'s "100 Years... 100 Songs" list of the 100 greatest film songs, which was presented on a television program of that name which aired on June 22, 2004, but it didn't make the final list.<ref name=AFI_400/><ref name=AFI_100/> The appearance of "Lavender Blue" in the Disney film sparked a revival of interest in the song. A version of the song, titled "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)", was featured in the 1948 ] film '']'', where it was sung by ]. This version was nominated for ] in ]. This version of the song was credited to ] (music) and ] (lyrics). "Lavender Blue" was one of 400 nominees for the ]'s "]" list of the 100 greatest film songs, which was presented on a television program of that name which aired on June 22, 2004, but it didn't make the final list.<ref name=AFI_400/><ref name=AFI_100/> The appearance of "Lavender Blue" in the Disney film sparked a revival of interest in the song.


Ives' version of "Lavender Blue" was recorded in December 1948 and released as a single in January 1949. As was common for pop songs in those days,<ref name=DigitalDreamDoor/> several other singers released versions at near the same time. ] also released a version in 1949, which charted at No. 5,<ref name=SDb_Kaye/> as did ] (her version went to No. 1 on the Australian chart<ref name=Tsort/> and was the title track of her album ''Lavender Blue''). ]'s version of "Lavender Blue" was issued on the ] of her single "]", which reached the '']'' magazine ] on January 21, 1949. Ives' version of "Lavender Blue" was recorded in December 1948 and released as a single in January 1949. As was common for pop songs in those days,<ref name=DigitalDreamDoor/> several other singers released versions at near the same time. ] also released a version in 1949, which charted at No. 5,<ref name=SDb_Kaye/> as did ] (her version went to No. 1 on the Australian chart<ref name=Tsort/> and was the title track of her album ''Lavender Blue''). ]'s version of "Lavender Blue" was issued on the ] of her single "]",<ref name=VeraLynn/> which reached the '']'' magazine ] on January 21, 1949.


===Later 20th century=== ===Later 20th century===
The Canadian author ] published a selection of classical nursery rhymes in 1954 under this title.<ref>{{cite book|author=]|title=Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes|year=1954|publisher=Franklin Watts|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/lavendersblue0000unse/mode/1up|via=]|url-access=registration}}</ref>
⚫ A decade later, in 1959, ] released a ] version produced by ] which reached No. 3 on the ].<ref name=SDb_1/><ref name=MusicVF/>


⚫ In 1959, ] released a ] version produced by ] which reached #3 on the ].<ref name=SDb_1/><ref name=MusicVF/>
⚫ ] wrote ''Lavender's Blue'' into his 1954 opera '']'', where it is sung by the two children, Miles and Flora.<ref name="Rupprecht2002">{{cite book|author=Philip Rupprecht|title=Britten's Musical Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SNAUe8fMAoC&dq=%22lavender+blue%22&pg=PA157|date=11 February 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-44128-5|pages=157–}}.</ref>

⚫ ] wrote ''Lavender's Blue'' into his 1954 opera '']'', where it is sung by the two children, Miles and Flora.<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Rupprecht|title=Britten's Musical Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SNAUe8fMAoC&dq=%22lavender+blue%22&pg=PA157|date=11 February 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-44128-5|pages=157–}}.</ref>


In 1985, the British rock band ] included a song called "]" on their album '']''. The song had lyrics derived from "Lavender's Blue" and became a number 5 hit on the ].<ref>"Lavender, Marillion </ref><ref></ref> In 1985, the British rock band ] included a song called "]" on their album '']''. The song had lyrics derived from "Lavender's Blue" and became a number 5 hit on the ].<ref>"Lavender, Marillion </ref><ref></ref>
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==References== ==References==
{{reflist|refs= {{reflist|refs=
<ref name=Halliwell>{{cite book |last=Halliwell |first=James Orchard |title=Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales |url=http://www.presscom.co.uk/talesparts/tales10.html |access-date=March 7, 2017 |year=1849 |publisher=John Russell Smith |location=London |isbn=978-0370012551 |pages=237–238}}</ref> <ref name=Halliwell>{{cite book |last=Halliwell |first=James Orchard|author-link=James Halliwell-Phillipps|title=Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales |url=http://www.presscom.co.uk/talesparts/tales10.html |access-date=March 7, 2017 |year=1849 |publisher=John Russell Smith |location=London |isbn=978-0370012551 |pages=237–238}}</ref>


<ref name=TradMusLib>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bawdy-songs/002618.HTM |title=Diddle, Diddle (or The Kind Country Lovers) |author=(Traditional) |date=1674–1679 |work=Traditional Music Library |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=TradMusLib>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bawdy-songs/002618.HTM |title=Diddle, Diddle (or The Kind Country Lovers) |author=(Traditional) |date=1674–1679 |work=Traditional Music Library |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>
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<ref name=Fresno>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FSWB158A.html |title=Lavender Blue |author=Robert B. Waltz |author2=David G. Engle |name-list-style=amp |work=Traditional Ballad Index |publisher=California State University, Fresno |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=Fresno>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FSWB158A.html |title=Lavender Blue |author=Robert B. Waltz |author2=David G. Engle |name-list-style=amp |work=Traditional Ballad Index |publisher=California State University, Fresno |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>


<ref name=Opie1997>{{cite book |last1=Opie |first1=Iona |last2=Opie |first2=Peter |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes |url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000opie/page/265 |year=1951 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198691112 |pages= }}</ref> <ref name=Opie1997>{{cite book |last1=Opie |first1=Iona|author1-link=Iona Opie|last2=Opie |first2=Peter|author2-link=Peter Opie|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes |url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000opie/page/265 |year=1951 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198691112 |pages= }}</ref>


<ref name=SDb_1>{{cite web |url=http://www.song-database.com/chhist.php?sid=18464 |title=Billboard Hot 100 Chart History – "Lavender-Blue" by Sammy Turner 1959 |work=Song Database |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=SDb_1>{{cite web |url=http://www.song-database.com/chhist.php?sid=18464 |title=Billboard Hot 100 Chart History – "Lavender-Blue" by Sammy Turner 1959 |work=Song Database |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>
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<ref name=MusicVF>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicvf.com/Sammy+Turner.art |title=Sammy Turner Top Songs |work=Music VF |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=MusicVF>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicvf.com/Sammy+Turner.art |title=Sammy Turner Top Songs |work=Music VF |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>


<ref name=Tsort>{{cite web |url=http://tsort.info/music/ks9vws.htm |title=Song artist 62 - Dinah Shore |work=The World's Music Charts |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=Tsort>{{cite web |url=http://tsort.info/music/ks9vws.htm |title=Song artist 62 – Dinah Shore |work=The World's Music Charts |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>


<ref name=SDb_Kaye>{{cite web |url=http://www.song-database.com/chhist.php?sid=25390&type=bs&from=header |title=Billboard Best Sellers Chart History – "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" by Sammy Kaye 1949 |work=Song Database |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> <ref name=SDb_Kaye>{{cite web |url=http://www.song-database.com/chhist.php?sid=25390&type=bs&from=header |title=Billboard Best Sellers Chart History – "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" by Sammy Kaye 1949 |work=Song Database |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref>


<ref name=AFI_400>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmsite.org/afi400songs.html |title=100 Greatest Songs in American Movies: 100 YEARS...100 SONGS - The 400 Nominees |work=Filmsite |accessdate=September 21, 2021}}</ref> <ref name=VeraLynn>{{cite web |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/550467/versions |title=Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) by Vera Lynn |work=Second Hand Songs |access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name=AFI_100>{{cite web |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-songs/ |title=AFI's 100 YEARS...100 SONGS |publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=September 21, 2021}}</ref> <ref name=AFI_400>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmsite.org/afi400songs.html |title=100 Greatest Songs in American Movies: 100 Years...100 Songs – The 400 Nominees |work=Filmsite |access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name=DigitalDreamDoor>{{cite web |url=https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-1940s.html |title=100 Greatest Popular Songs Of The 1940s |author=Bruce |date=December 21, 2009 |work=Digita Dream Door |accessdate=September 21, 2021}} {{better source needed|date=September 2021|We don't know who these guys are or who "Bruce" is, so a more robust ref would be better, but on the other hand this is basically sky-is-blue common knowledge}}</ref> <ref name=AFI_100>{{cite web |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-songs/ |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>
<ref name=DigitalDreamDoor>{{cite web |url=https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-1940s.html |title=100 Greatest Popular Songs Of The 1940s |author=Bruce |date=December 21, 2009 |work=Digita Dream Door |access-date=September 21, 2021}} {{better source needed|date=September 2021|We don't know who these guys are or who "Bruce" is, so a more robust ref would be better, but on the other hand this is basically sky-is-blue common knowledge}}</ref>


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English folk song and nursery rhyme dating to the 17th century

Lavender's Blue
English folk song
A 17th-century broadside version of the ballad
CatalogueRoud 3483
GenreNursery rhyme
PublishedEnglish broadside (before 1680)

"Lavender's Blue" (also called "Lavender Blue") is an English folk song and nursery rhyme from the 17th century. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 3483. It has been recorded in various forms and some pop versions have been hits in the U.S. and U.K. charts.

Lyrics

There are as many as thirty verses to the song, and many variations of each verse. A typical version, described by James Halliwell in 1849, is:

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,
When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen:
Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so?
'Twas mine own heart, dilly dilly, that told me so.

Call up your men, dilly dilly, set them to work,
Some with a rake, dilly dilly, some with a fork;
Some to make hay, dilly dilly, some to thresh corn,
Whilst you and I, dilly dilly, keep ourselves warm.

If you should die, dilly dilly, as it may hap,
You shall be buried, dilly dilly, under the tap;
Who told you so, dilly dilly, pray tell me why?
That you might drink, dilly dilly, when you are dry.

Origins

The earliest surviving version of the song is in a broadside printed in England between 1672 and 1679, under the name Diddle Diddle, or The Kind Country Lovers. The broadside indicates it is to be sung to the tune of "Lavender Green", implying that a tune by that name was already in existence. The lyrics printed in the broadside are fairly bawdy, celebrating sex and drinking.

According to Robert B. Waltz, "The singer tells his lady that she must love him because he loves her. He tells of a vale where young man and maid have lain together, and suggests that they might do the same". Waltz cites Sandra Stahl Dolby as describing this broadside version as being about a girl named Nell keeping the singer's bed warm.

Here is the first of ten verses:

Lavender's green, diddle, diddle,
—Lavender's blue
You must love me, diddle, diddle,
—cause I love you,
I heard one say, diddle, diddle,
—since I came hither,
That you and I, diddle, diddle,
—must lie together.

Both Waltz (citing Eloise Hubbard Linscott) and Halliwell have noted the song's association with Twelfth Night and the choosing of the king and queen of the festivities of that holiday.

Lyrics and illustration for "Lavender's Blue" in The Baby's Opera – A Book of Old Rhymes and the Music by the Earliest Masters

"Lavender's Blue" emerged as a children's song in Songs for the Nursery in 1805 in the form:

Lavender blue and Rosemary green,
When I am king you shall be queen;
Call up my maids at four o'clock,
Some to the wheel and some to the rock;
Some to make hay and some to shear corn,
And you and I will keep the bed warm.

Similar versions appeared in collections of rhymes throughout the 19th century.

Melody

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Source

Revival

1949

A version of the song, titled "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)", was featured in the 1948 Walt Disney film So Dear to My Heart, where it was sung by Burl Ives. This version was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1949. This version of the song was credited to Eliot Daniel (music) and Larry Morey (lyrics). "Lavender Blue" was one of 400 nominees for the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Songs" list of the 100 greatest film songs, which was presented on a television program of that name which aired on June 22, 2004, but it didn't make the final list. The appearance of "Lavender Blue" in the Disney film sparked a revival of interest in the song.

Ives' version of "Lavender Blue" was recorded in December 1948 and released as a single in January 1949. As was common for pop songs in those days, several other singers released versions at near the same time. Sammy Kaye also released a version in 1949, which charted at No. 5, as did Dinah Shore (her version went to No. 1 on the Australian chart and was the title track of her album Lavender Blue). Vera Lynn's version of "Lavender Blue" was issued on the B side of her single "Again", which reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 21, 1949.

Later 20th century

The Canadian author Kathleen Lines published a selection of classical nursery rhymes in 1954 under this title.

In 1959, Sammy Turner released a rhythm and blues version produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Benjamin Britten wrote Lavender's Blue into his 1954 opera The Turn of The Screw, where it is sung by the two children, Miles and Flora.

In 1985, the British rock band Marillion included a song called "Lavender" on their album Misplaced Childhood. The song had lyrics derived from "Lavender's Blue" and became a number 5 hit on the UK singles chart.

References

  1. ^ Halliwell, James Orchard (1849). Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales. London: John Russell Smith. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0370012551. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ Robert B. Waltz & David G. Engle. "Lavender Blue". Traditional Ballad Index. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. See also here
  4. (Traditional) (1674–1679). "Diddle, Diddle (or The Kind Country Lovers)". Traditional Music Library. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ Opie, Iona; Opie, Peter (1951). The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford University Press. pp. 265–7. ISBN 9780198691112.
  6. Walter Crane, ed. (1877). The Baby's Opera (PDF). engraved by Edmund Evans. London, New York: George Routledge and Sons. p. 17 – via Internet Archive.
  7. "100 Greatest Songs in American Movies: 100 Years...100 Songs – The 400 Nominees". Filmsite. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  8. "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs". American Film Institute. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  9. Bruce (21 December 2009). "100 Greatest Popular Songs Of The 1940s". Digita Dream Door. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  10. "Billboard Best Sellers Chart History – "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" by Sammy Kaye 1949". Song Database. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  11. "Song artist 62 – Dinah Shore". The World's Music Charts. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) by Vera Lynn". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. Kathleen Lines (1954). Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes. New York: Franklin Watts – via Internet Archive.
  14. "Billboard Hot 100 Chart History – "Lavender-Blue" by Sammy Turner 1959". Song Database. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  15. "Sammy Turner Top Songs". Music VF. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  16. Philip Rupprecht (11 February 2002). Britten's Musical Language. Cambridge University Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-1-139-44128-5..
  17. "Lavender, Marillion Lyrics.com
  18. Simply Eighties

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