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.
Statements (47)
| 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
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marriage ⓘ royalty ⓘ |
| lyricsTheme | romantic love ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Burl Ives
NERFINISHED
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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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