There is a flower
Within my heart,
Daisy, Daisy!
Planted one day
By a glancing dart,
Planted by Daisy Bell!
Whether she loves me
Or loves me not,
Sometimes it's hard to tell;
Yet I am longing to share the lot -
Of beautiful Daisy Bell!
Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.
We will go 'tandem'
As man and wife,
Daisy, Daisy!
'Peddling' away
Down the road of life,
I and my Daisy Bell!
When the road's dark
We can both despise
P'licemen and 'lamps' as well;
There are 'bright lights’
In the dazzling eyes
Of beautiful Daisy Bell!
Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.
I will stand by you
In 'wheel' or woe,
Daisy, Daisy!
You'll be the bell(e)
Which I'll ring you know!
Sweet little Daisy Bell!
You'll take the 'lead'
In each 'trip' we take,
Then if I don't do well,
I will permit you to
Use the brake,
My beautiful Daisy Bell!
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/daisy.htm
| Daisy, Daisy, give me you answer true. I'm half-crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage; But you'll look sweet Upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two. | 2. Henry, Henry, here is your answer true; I'm not crazy over the likes of you. If you can't afford a carriage, Forget about the marriage; 'Cause I won't be jammed, I won't be crammed On a bicycle built for two. |
http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/daisydai.htm
"The composer known as Harry D'Acre was actually a collaboration of two people: one was an English songwriter who also used the name Frank Dean (as per ASCAP) and who may have been born Henry Decker. His writing partner was a Mr. Coy whose first name is under investigation.
This fact is verified in a 1900 journal from South Africa published as "The Johannesburg Pioneer Journals" in which a person wrote that their Uncle Frank J. London had written songs "in partnership with Harry Dacre (Frank Dean & Coy) ...of bicycle-built-for-two" fame.
The origin of the song is that Mr. D'Acre/Dean/Decker visited the United States from England, and was trying to ship a bicycle he bought here back to England, or so the story goes.
According to "The Book of World-Famous Music" compiled by James J. Fuld, he had to pay customs duty on the bicycle, and so a friend joked "it was fortunate that the bicycle was not built for two, as the duty would have been doubled."
This apparently triggered the idea for the love song set in the context of a man pursuing his sweetheart on a two-seater bicycle, and the song and its sheet music was an instant hit on two continents.]
Composer: Harry D'Acre (ASCAP/PRS) [aka: Frank Dean; professional name of Henry Decker in collaboration with a Mr. Coy]
Original Publishers: T. B. Harms & Co., Inc. of New York, NY; Francis, Day & Hunter of London, England 2006 Publisher: [in the Public Domain] Copyright Date: August 19, 1892.”
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