"When the Fields Are White With Daisies" is a First World War-era sentimental ballad.[1][2]
| "When the Fields Are White With Daisies" | ||||
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| Single by Sean Dunphy and the Hoedowners | ||||
| B-side | "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" | |||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | showband, sentimental ballad | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Dolphin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | C. M. Denison, William A. Pratt, Hickman, Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Noel Kelehan | |||
| Sean Dunphy and the Hoedowners singles chronology | ||||
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Lyrics
editThe song is written from the point of the view of a soldier of the First World War, who promises to return to his lover when daisies and roses are blooming again.
Song history
edit"When the Fields Are White With Daisies" was published in 1909 by C. M. Denison, with music by William A. Pratt.[3] Other accounts credit the song to a Mrs. S. J. Kildare, with music by Leo Friedman.[1] It is alluded to in P. G. Wodehouse's 1910 novel Psmith in the City.[4] It was popular with soldiers in the First World War.
"When the Fields Are White With Daisies" was released by Sean Dunphy in 1969, and was number one on the Irish Singles Chart for a week in August 1969.
The song has also been recorded by Florrie Forde and Norman Blake.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Image 1 of When the fields are white with daisies". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ Council, Birmingham City. "When the fields are white with daisies (c1914 to 1918) 2". www.birmingham.gov.uk.
- ^ https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/406023
- ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (2023). Psmith in the City. India: True Sign Publishing House.
- ^ Fings Ain't Wot They Used T' Be: The Lionel Bart Story. (2011). (n.p.): Omnibus Press.
- ^ "When The Fields Are White With Daisies, by Norman Blake". Norman Blake.