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Daisy, Daisy

from Ensonglopedia of Plants by John Hinton

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C C7 F Dm7 C
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do:
F C Am D7 G7
You look like a single flower, but how many flowers are you? F C F
The hypothesis I would posit
C Am F G7
Is that you’re a composite
C G7 C G7
Whose flowerhead makes us misled
C Am F G7 C
‘Cos your flowers are stuck tight as glue.

And now here's a verse for all our South African cousins: ursinia daisies, where are you? This one's for you!

C G7 C G7

Daisy, Daisy, won’t you please tell me why
You have black spots that seem to attract the fly?
Do they think you’re a lady
And mate with you like crazy,
Allowing you
The time to strew
Them with pollen before they say bye?

C G7 C Em7 A7

All right, now this one’s for all you common-or-garden Bella perennis daisies! Here we go…

D D7 G Em7 D
Daisy, Daisy, are you a thing I can eat?
G D Bm E7 A7
Could your petals serve as a sallady treat?
G D G
If I had to guess, my bet is
D Bm G A7
That since you’re related to lettuce,
D A7 D A7
You’re worth a bite…oh yes! I was right!
D Bm G A7 D
That’s really quite tangy and sweet!

But don’t eat these ones, I entreat!


D A7 D Eb7 D7


G G7 C Am7 G
Daisy, Daisy, won’t you please give me a clue:
C G Em
You look like a single flower,
A7 D7
But how many flowers are you?
C G C
They number at least forty,
G E7 C D7
According to the horti-
G D7
Culturalist
G D7
Who checked that the gist
G E7 C D7 G
Of this song that I’ve written is true.
G E7 C D7 G
And with that I must bid you adieu!

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from Ensonglopedia of Plants, released November 7, 2018

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