Jackie Oates` lullabies of Jackie Oates of England, Scotland and Wales listen online
This I must say, dilly dilly, and it is true,
You must love me, dilly dilly, 'cause I love you.
Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so?
'T was my own heart, dilly dilly ,that told me so.
Call up your men, dilly dilly, set them to work,
Set them to reap, dilly dilly, set them to mow,
Some to cut hay, dilly dilly, some to cut corn,
While you and I, dilly dilly, keep ourselves warm.
Close we will live, dilly dilly, and when we die,
Both in one grave, dilly dilly, close we will lie,
If I die first, dilly dilly, and that may be,
You must live on, dilly dilly, thinking of me.
Lavender's green, dilly dilly, Lavender's blue.
When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen.
Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so?
'T was my own heart, dilly dilly ,that told me so.