©The
Daffodil Fairy
I'm everyone's
darling: the blackbird and starling
Are shouting about me from blossoming boughs;
For I, the Lent Lily, the Daffy-down-dilly,
Have heard through the country the call to arouse.
The orchids are ringing with voices a-singing
The praise of my petticoat, praise of my gown;
The children are playing, and hark! thay are saying
That Daffy-down-dilly is come up to town!
