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Verse 1. Life is not a highway strewn with flowers, Still it holds a goodly share of bliss, When the sun gives way to April showers, Here is the point you should never miss. Verse 2. Though April showers may come your way, They bring the flowers that bloom in May, So if it's raining have no regrets,
Viola sororia ( / vaɪˈoʊlə səˈrɔːriə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə ), [ 5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet.
Sweet violets, sweeter than the roses. Covered all over from head to toe. Covered all over with sweet violets. The song was recorded by Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra & Chorus in Hollywood on May 20, 1951. The song was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4174A (78 rpm record), 47-4174A (single) (in USA), [1] by EMI on ...
When small birds they do sing, My gardens well planted with flowers every where, I had not the liberty to chuse for myself, The flower that I loved so dear. The gardener he stood by I asked him to chuse for me He chus'd me the violet the lilly and pink, But those I refused all three, The violet I forsook because it fades so soon,
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Musician Neil Young has a song "Beautiful Bluebird" about a lost love on his 2007 album Chrome Dreams II. "Blue Bird" is a song by Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions from their 2009 album Through the Devil Softly. A blue bird like device can be found in "The Bluebird of Zappiness" a 2010 episode of Cyberchase. The main antagonist of the ...
Arthur J. Lamb. " A Bird in a Gilded Cage " is a song composed by Arthur J. Lamb and Harry Von Tilzer. It was a sentimental ballad (or tear-jerker) that became one of the most popular songs of 1900, [1] reportedly selling more than two million copies in sheet music. [2] [3] Jere Mahoney ( Edison) and Steve Porter ( Columbia) recorded two early ...
An Irish song, this uses a similar tune and starts with verses extolling the beauty of Bunclody, a town in Co. Wexford. The third verse is the standard "Cuckoo is a pretty bird" and after an adapted floating verse: If I were a clerk And I could write a good hand I would write to my true love So that she'd understand That I am a young fellow