Comments on: Lily-Of-The-Valley: Not as Innocent as You Thought http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JonathanL http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-8143 JonathanL Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:09:47 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html#comment-8143 That song has a variation which is the one my mother and her friend used to sing in a round as a lulliby when I was young - it makes an even better round if you combine the two versions. The first person sings your version and then as soon as the first line finishes, the second begin the second round with my version. Then it gives the effect of a conversation - not a mere repetition: “White coral bells, upon a slender stalk Lilies of the valley by my garden walk Oh, how I wish that I could hear them ring That will only happen when the fairies sing!” That song has a variation which is the one my mother and her friend used to sing in a round as a lulliby when I was young – it makes an even better round if you combine the two versions. The first person sings your version and then as soon as the first line finishes, the second begin the second round with my version. Then it gives the effect of a conversation – not a mere repetition:
“White coral bells, upon a slender stalk
Lilies of the valley by my garden walk
Oh, how I wish that I could hear them ring
That will only happen when the fairies sing!”

]]> By: Pomona Belvedere http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-2772 Pomona Belvedere Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:30:59 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html#comment-2772 Hm, I've sung that round forever. Never thought of it as a possible metaphor for reproduction...but after all, this is the natural world. Hm, I’ve sung that round forever. Never thought of it as a possible metaphor for reproduction…but after all, this is the natural world.

]]> By: Daisy http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-2769 Daisy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:15:31 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html#comment-2769 "White coral bells, upon a slender stalk Lilies of the valley by my garden walk Oh, don't you wish that you ould hear them ring? That will only happen when the fairies sing!" --from a gardener/ former music teacher “White coral bells, upon a slender stalk
Lilies of the valley by my garden walk
Oh, don’t you wish that you ould hear them ring?
That will only happen when the fairies sing!”

–from a gardener/ former music teacher

]]> By: Tabatha http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-2667 Tabatha Wed, 28 May 2008 00:07:54 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html#comment-2667 I'm cracking up over here! I’m cracking up over here!

]]> By: Trula http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html/comment-page-1#comment-2645 Trula Sun, 25 May 2008 20:53:26 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/05/lily-of-the-valley-not-as-innocent-as-you-thought.html#comment-2645 Those are really pretty! Those are really pretty!

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