Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly)

"Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly)" is a song from the 1948 Disney film So Dear to My Heart. It was sung by Burl Ives, and helped make it and him very popular. It originated in the late 1700's and was brought back to popularity when it was performed by Ives. The Disney version has the music and lyrics written by Larry Morey and Eliot Daniel. In addition, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to another feature.

The song was also used as a DTV music video in the 1980s, using clips from:

The following Walt Disney Productions' animated shorts (all distributed by RKO Radio Pictures):
 * The Nifty Nineties
 * Brave Little Tailor
 * The China Shop
 * The Cookie Carnival

And two Walt Disney Productions' features:
 * Cinderella (distributed by RKO Radio Pictures)
 * Sleeping Beauty (distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution)

The song was heard in the Disney live-action adaptation of Cinderella. It was sung to Cinderella by her mother when she is a child, and later by her when she's locked in her room by Lady Tremaine.

Lyrics
Great grandfather met great grandmother When she was a shy young miss And great grandfather won great grandmother With words, more less, like this...

Lavender blue, dilly, dilly Lavender green If I were king, dilly, dilly I'd need a queen

Who told you so? Dilly, dilly Who told you so? I told myself, dilly, dilly I told me so

If your dilly, dilly heart Feels a dilly, dilly way And if you'll answer, "Yes" In a pretty little church On a dilly, dilly day You'll be wed in a dilly, dilly dress of

Lavender blue, dilly, dilly Lavender green If you were king, dilly, dilly You'd need a queen

Who told you so? Dilly, dilly Who told you so? I told myself, dilly, dilly I told me so

If your dilly, dilly heart Feels a dilly, dilly way And if you'll answer, "Yes" In a pretty little church On a dilly, dilly day I'll be wed in a dilly, dilly dress of

Lavender blue, dilly, dilly Lavender green Then you'll be king, dilly, dilly And I'll be your queen

Trivia

 * It is referenced in The Spectrum Song, as Ludwig Von Drake (Paul Frees) utters the line "''What ever happened to just plain old lavender blue dilly, dilly, dilly, silly".