Talk:Lavender Blue

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Er.. careful possible copyright problems with this song.

Words and Music by Larry Morey and Eliot Daniel c. 1949. Mintguy 00:04 Dec 15, 2002 (UTC)

The article says it's a 17th century folk song. What's the source for this credit? It doesn't seem to be accurate. I don't think there's a problem here. --Camembert

http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1959/921959b.html;

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/7840/lavender.htm;

http://persweb.direct.ca/fstringe/oz/l40.html;

http://www.romanization.com/personal/randy/bestsong.html;

http://www.pianospot.com/1700607.htm

There's more... I don't know this ins and outs of copyright law but but I just thought I'd mention it. Mintguy 00:04 Dec 15, 2002 (UTC)

That would appear to be a version written for a film of, as you say, around 1949. I think they've adapted the old folk song (which isn't copyrighted, of course), and added some extra bits. Looks like the version quoted at this article is an old, uncopyrighted version of lyrics, with not much in common with the Morey/Daniel version. So we're OK. --Camembert

17th century folk songs can't be copyrighted (or 19th-century ones, either). New arrangements (i.e., new verses, new melodies, etc) can. The verses "If your dilly dilly heart feels a dilly dilly way", etc., are probably protected by the 1948 copyright, but the verses borrowed from the original folk song can't be "recaptured" by a new copyright. --Len

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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