Lavender-blue (dilly dilly)sammy turnercharted at # 3 in 1959previously charted in 1949 by sammy kaye (#4), dinah shore (#9), burl ives (#16), and jack smith (#17)words and music by larry morey and eliot danielsung in the film "so dear to my heart" by dinah shorelavender blue, dilly-dillylavender greenif i were king, dilly-dilly, i'd need a queenwhoa-oh, who told me so?, dilly-dillywho told me so?i told myself, dilly-dillyi told me soif your dilly-dilly heartfeels a dilly-dilly wayif you'll answer yesin a pretty little churchon a dilly-dilly dayyou'll be wed in a dilly-dilly dress oflavender blue, dilly-dillylavender greenthen i'll be king, dilly-dillyyou'll be my queenthen i'll be king dilly-dillyyou'll be my queen(lavender blue, dilly-dilly)