Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)

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"Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" is a traditional English folk song that became widely popular through its inclusion in Disney’s 1948 film and subsequent recordings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
traditional English folk song
academyAwardCeremony 21st Academy Awards NERFINISHED
academyAwardNomination Best Original Song NERFINISHED
academyAwardNominationYear 1949
alsoKnownAs Lavender Blue NERFINISHED
Lavender's Blue NERFINISHED
basedOn 17th-century English broadside ballad
countryOfOrigin England
culturalOrigin English folk tradition
filmProducer Walt Disney NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 1948
filmStudio Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED
firstKnownPublicationCentury 17th century
genre children's song
folk
hasChorus Dilly dilly
hasMusicalForm strophic song
hasRefrain Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green
hasRoudNumber 3483
hasTargetAudience children
families
includedIn English nursery rhyme repertoire
includedInFilm So Dear to My Heart NERFINISHED
isPublicDomain true
language English
lyricsMotif lavender
marriage
royalty
lyricsTheme romantic love
notablePerformer Burl Ives NERFINISHED
David Garrick NERFINISHED
Dinah Shore NERFINISHED
Disney Studio Chorus NERFINISHED
Marillion NERFINISHED
Sammy Kaye NERFINISHED
Vera Lynn NERFINISHED
popularizedBy Disney film So Dear to My Heart NERFINISHED
recordedInDecade 1940s
1950s
1960s
subjectMatter courtship
pastoral life
sungInFilmBy Burl Ives NERFINISHED
title Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) NERFINISHED
usedAs lullaby
nursery rhyme

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So Dear to My Heart featuresSong Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
So Dear to My Heart nominatedWork Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
Burl Ives notableSong Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)