Seven Daffodils

DESCRIPTION: "I do not have a mansion, and I haven't any land, Not even a paper dollar to crinkle in my hand, But I can show you morning on a thousand hills...." The singer offers beauty, love, and "seven daffodils"
AUTHOR: Lee Hays and Fran Moseley (but see NOTES)
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (recording, The Limeliters, according to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: love flowers campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 543, "Seven Daffodils" (notes only)
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NOTES [105 words]: Although every copyright notice I've seen on this says it is by Lee Hays and Fran Moselye, Doris Willens, Lonesome Traveler: The Life of Lee Hays, W. W. Norton, 1988, p. 180, says that the song is "a ballad (sic.) that Lee wrote with his sister, Minnie Frank, during her visit to Brooklyn." Since "Fran Moseley" and "Minnie Frank" have the same initials, I would assume the "Moseley" name is a pseudonym.
Although this doesn't get nearly as much attention as, say, "If I Had a Hammer," this was one of Hays's most popular songs, being recorded by The Limeliters, Leon Bibb, The Tarriers, The Brothers Four, and many others. - RBW
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