Lavender’s blue dilly-dilly
Lavender’s green when I’m king dilly
You shall be queen call up your men dilly-dilly
Set theme to work some to the plow dilly-dilly
Some to the park dilly-dilly
Some to make hay dilly
Some to the park wille you and I dilly-dilly
Keep ourselves warm
His lovely soothing voice takes you back to a time when things were gentle and people weren't so greedy and selfish and they showed compassion for their fellow human beings, sad to say those days are gone for ever.
I saw the movie, So Dear to My Heart, when I was 7 in 1948. It was a live-action and animated Disney film with the wonderful child actor, Bobby Driscoll, It also starred Burl Ives (yeas before he played Big Daddy with Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This song was nominated for best song. It lost to Baby, It's cold outside.
I love Burl Ives and was introduced to his songs as a child in the 60s. I had a great collection on albums/45s, then on cassettes, and now it is hard to find many of his oldest, wonderful recordings. Many were hill music and folk songs. Each time the format changes more and more are left behind. It is a shame.