Talk:Lavender's Blue

message: Why does it make less sense to have "lavender" twice? I always assumed it refered to the flowers (blue), then the leaves (green). The flowers of rosemary are white ... -- Tarquin
The part of lavender for which it is used as an herb is blue; the part of rosemary for which it is used as an herb, the leaves, are green. But I'm not married to this observation. Feel free to work with it a bit. --Len
Maybe the colour of lavender leaves can fall into that part of the spectrum which some people call blue, some green. -- t
:To me "lavender's blue, rosemary's green" makes a helluva lot more sense than "lavender's blue, lavender's green". Maikel 10:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lavender

message: What's the "dilly dilly" bit supposed to mean?  Is it the pet name for his lover, or just a nonsensical interjection, like "Yo" in rap?  Is there a scientific term for interjections such as "dilly dilly" or "hey nonny nonny"? Maikel 10:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dilly dilly

message: I have added a historical reference from James Halliwell for this. The site reproduction also has a picture of the music (also dating to 1849) as well as a modern rendition in a .midi file. Modified the text to reflect Halliwell's comments. [Presscom] 7 April 2008  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Presscom (talk • contribs) 15:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Historical reference

message: Here we have an article called "Lavender Blue". It begins "Lavender's Blue," (perhaps sometimes called "Lavender Blue,")...does anyone else think this should be moved to Lavender's Blue? Eman235/talk 23:27, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title 

message: I don't see how this article justifies a factbox about Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (1898). The Benjamin Britten opera based on this work is only one of many media that feature the song. It seems quite redundant  -  unless it's vandalism. Valetude (talk) 19:56, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I am with you on this one.--SabreBD (talk) 20:04, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factbox? 

message: Sorry, I got side-tracked, both by health problems and other research. Let's see if we can establish a final form for the Recordings section on the basis of what we've already agreed. It would be nice if you did the initial draft but I'll try if you'd prefer (always bearing in mind that I'm less of an inclusionist than you!) I'm thinking of doing some more work on textual appearances in earlier sections. Originally the refrain was "diddle diddle" but by the time of Halliwell (1849) there is the "dilly dilly" variant eventually preferred by most recordings. Might we mention the City Waites bawdy recording back then too or must we reserve it for the chronological account we're planning?
I'd like the para's of this section to be themed if we can. The first could concentrate on Ives and successful copies of him; others might be grouped round musical styles (rock, rhythm and blues, jazz and so on). All mentions should be sourced, so we needn't go into much more detail; interested readers can then click on the link to find more details than the who and when. 
I'm a bit jumpy about starting another section on 'popular' appearances in other media. Part of my research (via Advanced Book Search) uncovered incidental references in 1890-1910 novels where the rhyme serves no thematic purpose. The song, being as much part of popular lore as proverbs and idioms, is bound to occur all over the place and I'd question the usefulness (and possibility) of listing all allusions. Anyway, let's finalise the recordings section first and get that in place before planning anything else. Sweetpool50 (talk) 14:29, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recordings section, proposed finalisation 

message: This song also features in the 2022 second season of Bridgerton, in episode 3 (A Bee in Your Bonnet) at approximately 29min 20s. Is this worth making an entry of in the Revival section? 1.141.218.157 (talk) 10:07, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not notable Sweetpool50 (talk) 11:11, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portrayal in Bridgerton