I’m diving back into Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Complete Levels 2 & 3 for the Late Beginner this week with the piece “Lavender’s Blue.”
As I explain in the video, I knew very little about the song, other than it has a kind of Renaissance feel to it. Since making that hasty recording during a precious planning period, I have done a bit more research on the piece.
The piece dates back to sixteenth-century England, where it was a popular folk song and nursery rhyme. The lyrics suggest the nursery rhyme elements:
Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly, lavender’s green,
When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen:
Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so?
‘Twas mine own heart, dilly dilly, that told me so.
Any tune with “dilly dilly” in the lyrics is prime nursery rhyming. As is frequently the case with these very old songs, the piece has dozens have verses, and variations upon those verses, so there’s not an “official” version—kind of like Blade Runner (1982).
Fortunately, I’m just playing it on piano, so there’s no confusion there.
Here is my mildly sloppy rendition, complete with a bright sheen of glistening sweat across my fivehead:
Now go forth and frolic, my friends!
Happy Listening!
—TPP
Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures:
- “Open Mic Adventures I: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Just Another Day’“
- “Open Mic Adventures II: Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’“
- “Open Mic Adventures III: Joanie Sommers’s ‘Johnny Get Angry’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IV: KISS’s ‘I Still Love You’“
- “Open Mic Adventures V: ‘There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VI: Journey’s ‘Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VII: ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VIII: Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IX: Journey’s ‘Faithfully’“
- “Open Mic Adventures X: ‘Time Warp’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XI: Spooktacular Supergroup Covers ‘Monster Mash’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XII: ‘Ghostly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIII: The Penguins’ ‘Earth Angel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIV: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XV: ‘O Holy Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVI: ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVII: ‘L’il Divertimento in C major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVIII: ‘Satiean Motion’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIX: ‘Two-Day Minuet for Left Hand’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XX: ‘Sleepy Student’s Serenade’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXI: Styx’s ‘Come Sail Away’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXII: ‘Blessed Assurance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIII: ‘Gabbi’s Gavotte’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIV: ‘Softly and Tenderly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXV: ‘Venite, exultemus Domino’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVI: ‘Sonatina’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVII: ‘Heavenly Sunlight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVIII: ‘Song of the Bigfoot'”
The Portly Politico 
Here’s the version I’m familiar with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbe3YBiPoPg
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Tina says it would have sounded better on harpsichord and she was disappointed that you didn’t sing it but we both enjoyed your rendition. 👍
Anyway, IT’S HERE!!!
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Can’t wait for the review!
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Tina and I are purring over it at the moment. The menu screen is as beautiful as previous PS incarnations. This is the best joint present we’ve ever given each other.
The book will have to wait. I can’t wait to get stuck into this! 😄😄😄😄
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Video games often take precedence, haha. I’ve gotta boot back up my game of Morrowind from over a year ago.
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Tell Tina to mind her own business! Haha, just kidding—I can do a harpsichord and vocals rendition for her.
Also, let her know that I managed to find (free!) sheet music for “True” from SH2. It looks tough, but I think I can figure it out.
WOOOOOOOOT! Enjoy your beautiful new system.
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