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 my 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.
While you and I, dilly, dilly, keep ourselves warm.
Lavender's green, dilly, dilly, Lavender's blue,
If you love me, dilly, dilly, I will love you.
Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly, And the lambs play;
We shall be safe, dilly, dilly, out of harm's way.
I love to dance, dilly, dilly, I love to sing;
When I am queen, dilly, dilly, You'll be my king.
Who told me so, dilly, dilly, Who told me so?
I told myself, dilly, dilly, I told me so.
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You may have heard this version.....but have you heard this....
The earliest surviving version of the song is in a broadside printed in England between 1672 and 1685, under the name Diddle Diddle, Or The Kind Country Lovers, this is the first of ten verses:
Lavenders green, Diddle, diddle,
Lavenders blue
You must love me, diddle, diddle,
cause I love you,
I heard one say, diddle, diddle,
since I came hither,
That your and I, diddle, diddle,
must lie together
I'd not heard this before! Wonder what the other 9 verses said!!
I thought a good way to use these words with the stamps was to copy them and then print them over DP to give added interest to the stamps.
Now being in a very relaxed mood - I shall craft diddle diddle!
4 comments:
I love lavender too diddle diddle :-)
A x
ps have heard from Paula this morning...she was all decked up in white gown, socks and paper pants and just about to have her premed. It sounds like she will be in hospital for a week at least so hopefully we will all be sending her really positive vibes to get her through this difficult time.
I had heard the Lavender's green versio, but thought it was my Daddy making things up!!
Thank you! I'd never heard all the words before though I did know the first verse!
Hi, my mum-in-law lives in Mitcham, she is 93 this year! Mitcham was full of Lavender fields till the first world war when a lot were ploughed up for food production...I understand lavender is still grown & distilled near Mitcham in Surrey. x
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