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Subject: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: rich-joy Date: 27 Feb 02 - 05:00 AM I posted the following request in the recent "Flower Songs" thread on Feb 21st, but it was seemingly at the end of its current life, so I thought I'd have a go with a new thread : "I was interested to see Allan C.s mention (early in this thread)of "Seven Golden Daffodils" and that it was in the DT. This was one of my faves back in the early 60's when it was put out by a group called The Cherokees (who were???) on Columbia - the record (I still have my 45!!!) attributes it to Mosely-Hayes, but I guess that could just be the group's arrangement. What is the origin/history of this song - is it old/traddy??? How much does the tune of the DT version differ from the pop charts one, I wonder?? Can anyone help? Cheers! Rich-Joy" |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: greg stephens Date: 27 Feb 02 - 07:54 AM cant help with information but just want to say Lonni Donegan (the King) did a good version. |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: Rick Fielding Date: 27 Feb 02 - 10:28 AM I was under the impression that lee hays and his sister wrote it. Not one of his stronger efforts, but one of the most commercial. Rick |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: rich-joy Date: 28 Feb 02 - 07:22 PM Thanks Greg (sorry, "greg"!!) and Rick. Allan C. - are you out there??? can you help??? Cheers!! R-J
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: rich-joy Date: 15 May 02 - 06:05 PM Hi! I'm reviving this thread coz I found a set of words and references to L.Hays (Lee Hays?) and F.Moseley as authors, but I'm having trouble with the GUITAR CHORDS. I also don't know how different the "original" is from my pop cover by The Cherokees. Can anyone advise?? Thanks - Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: masato sakurai Date: 15 May 02 - 06:20 PM I don't have the book, but it's in Ronnie Gilbert, ed., TRAVELIN' ON WITH THE WEAVERS: Arranged for piano and guitar by Herbert Haufrecht (NY: Harper & Row, 1966) ["Contains 59 songs from slavery and civil war days, the Depression, blues, work songs, &c. Illustrated by music and lyrics throughout"]. ~Masato |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie) Date: 15 May 02 - 08:14 PM Definitely it was written by Lee Hayes. |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Date: 10 Jul 05 - 09:04 AM I'm just having a trawl through unanswered requests and this has one for chords, so we might as well cross it off, belated though the answer may be. I haven't sung this for 35 years or so, but this is what I have in one of my old song folders (actually in F there, but given in C here). Mick SEVEN DAFFODILS (Lee Hays) (Am)I may not have a mansion, I haven't any land Not (Dm)even a paper (Am)dollar to (F)crinkle in my (G7)hand. But (C)I can show you (Dm)morn-(G7)ing (C)on a thousand (Em)hills And (F)kiss you , and give you seven (C)daff-(G7)o-(C)dils. |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: rich-joy Date: 11 Jul 05 - 06:10 PM Thanks Mick - much appreciated!! Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: wilbyhillbilly Date: 12 Jul 05 - 02:38 PM I have it on the B side of Lonnie,s Have A Drink On Me, Pye 7N15354. This credits Lee Hays, Fran Moseley, which I presume could be his sister?. Hope this helps whb |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: Jim Dixon Date: 13 Jul 05 - 09:17 PM The title is actually SEVEN DAFFODILS, although a few recordings have been made under the title SEVEN GOLDEN DAFFODILS. It was written by Lee Hays and Fran Moseley. There aren't any recordings listed on allmusic that credit anyone else as songwriter (if you allow for misspellings—some sources use the misspellings Hayes, Fred, Mosley, or Megelay). The BMI Repertoire has the odd spelling DAFFODILLS. There have been recordings by Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, The Blueground Undergrass, The Brandywine Singers, The Brothers Four, Tom Chapin, Lonnie Donegan, Good Medicine, Nobuyoshi Ino, The Lords, The Mojos, Nina & Frederik, Jimmie F. Rodgers, The Seldom Scene, The Shaw Brothers, Alice Stuart, and The Tarriers. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Golden Daffodils / Seven Daffod From: rich-joy Date: 14 Jul 05 - 03:06 AM Add to that list The Cherokees (60s) and also recently, Sylvia Herold. Cheers! R-J Messages from multiple threads combined. Messages below are from a new thread. |
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Subject: Origins: seven daffodils From: GUEST,LD Date: 03 Dec 05 - 07:26 PM Who wrote the song "Seven golden Daffodils"? Did anyone ever record it? I would love to hear it again after hunting for it since the 1960's. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: seven daffodils From: John Routledge Date: 03 Dec 05 - 07:34 PM Recorded by Lonnie Donegan? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: seven daffodils From: akenaton Date: 03 Dec 05 - 07:34 PM Lonnie Donegan Recorded it in the Sixties ....Used to have an EP Dont know who wrote it , but there are many on here who will ...Ake |
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Subject: RE: Origins: seven daffodils From: akenaton Date: 03 Dec 05 - 07:39 PM Brothers Four?? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: seven daffodils From: Joe Offer Date: 03 Dec 05 - 07:42 PM Make sure to take a look at the crosslinks I've added up top. -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Origins: seven daffodils From: GUEST,LD Date: 03 Dec 05 - 08:11 PM Thanks for all the info. Is there a way to just listen to this one song on computer? Obviously, I am a novice. |
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Subject: DT Correction: Seven Daffodils (Hays, Moseley) From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Dec 05 - 01:49 AM Here are the lyrics from the Digital Tradition: SEVEN DAFFODILS I do not have a mansion, and I haven't any land, Not even one dollar to crinkle in my hand. But I can show you morning on a thousand hills, And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. I do not have a fortune to buy you pretty things, But I can weave you moonbeams for necklaces and rings, And I can show you morning on a thousand hills, And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. Seven golden daffodils, all shining in the sun, They light the way of evening, when our day is done. And I can give you music, and a crust of bread, A pillow of piney boughs to rest your head. @flower filename[ SEVENDF2 CN PLEASE NOTE: Because of the volunteer nature of The Digital Tradition, it is difficult to ensure proper attribution and copyright information for every song included. Please assume that any song which lists a composer is copyrighted ©. You MUST aquire proper license before using these songs for ANY commercial purpose. If you have any additional information or corrections to the credit or copyright information included, please e-mail those additions or corrections to us (along with the song title as indexed) so that we can update the database as soon as possible. Thank You. I listened to recordings by the Brothers Four, Shaw Brothers, Brandywine Singers, and Limeliters. All are more-or-less the same, but some start out "I haven't any mansion." Here is what's printed in the songbook, Travelin' on with the Weavers (by the Weavers, Harper & Row, 1966). I guess I'd say these are the definitive lyrics. SEVEN DAFFODILS (words by Fran Moseley, Music by Lee Hays) I do not have a mansion, 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, And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. I do not have a fortune to buy you pretty things, But I can weave you moonbeams for necklaces and rings. And I can show you morning on a thousand hills, And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. Seven golden daffodils, all shining in the sun, To light the way to evening when our day is done. And I will give you music and a crust of bread, A pillow of piney boughs to rest your head. I do not own a mansion, I haven't any land, Not even a paper dollar to crinkle in my hand. But I will show you morning on a thousand hills, And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. Fran Moseley was the sister of Lee Hays. © 1957, 1966, by Sanga Music @flower filename[ SEVENDF2 CN Click to playHere's a better tempo: Click to playI couldn't find a Weavers recording - did they record it? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Golden Daffodils / Seven Daffod From: wordfella Date: 04 Dec 05 - 08:57 AM Limeliters, too. Don't know which album. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Golden Daffodils / Seven Daffodils From: Duke Date: 04 Dec 05 - 09:33 AM The best version of this song that I ever heard was by Cedric Smith who was with PCC back in the sixties. He had such a beautiful voice that he just made it work. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Golden Daffodils / Seven Daffodils From: GUEST,liryan Date: 22 Dec 05 - 02:51 PM The lyrics from the Weavers are the same as those used by the Brothers Four, from "Sing of our Times"(1966?), which is still available from Amazon, with song clips, for those who are interested. Beautiful song, they do a great job, and for those who are into odd bits, or useless miscellaneous, it's tremendously popular in China and Japan. I think the BF are still touring and have just been out to Asia, which may explain it. |
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Subject: RE: Seven Golden Daffodils - info please! From: GUEST,phoenixfire96 Date: 14 Nov 06 - 12:05 AM Does anyone have the guitar tablature for Seven Daffodils....my father used to sing it to me and i would really appreciate if some one could help me find them.......can't seem to anywhere else. Thanks it really means alot! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffod From: GUEST,ricky Date: 18 Aug 07 - 11:36 PM BROTHERS FOUR !!! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive) Date: 19 Aug 07 - 06:36 PM The version by the Mojos is really good - they turn it into a kind of a sultry scouse-blues strut. Cheers Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Roger Vallins of Redhill Surrey Date: 05 Jan 08 - 11:24 AM As a teenager i used to go to the market hall a local dance hall in redhill we had a local band called the five aces they recorded this song but had to go out on the road to promote it alas a car crash ended a short pop career |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST Date: 02 Feb 08 - 03:50 AM Actually, According to what I know, This song was written by John Sebris who now lives in Fort Myers, FL. He wrote the words for his wife, Maureen and sold the lyrics to the Weavers for $50.00. When I moved to Fort Myers in 1986, I met John and Maureen. John played guitar for the Clancy brothers and seemed to know every word to every song. At my high scool, Sacred Heart Academy, in Hempstead, Ny in 1964, Seven Daffodils was one of our favorite songs. Visiting John and Maureen around 1987, I asked John if he knew the words to "Seven Daffodils" That's when I learned that he had written the words and sold them to the Weavers. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,miriam berg (folksongcollector.com) Date: 07 Feb 08 - 12:29 PM hi everyone i learned this song from a Berkeley folksinger in the early 1960s without attribution and without the reprise of the last line perhaps The Brothers Four added that i accept Lee Hays and Fran Mosely as the authors although i didn't know it until i read all these notes! miriam |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffod From: GUEST,Jack Dohany Date: 28 Apr 08 - 11:05 AM I just heard this wonderful song for the first time this morning, on FolkAlley.com, sung by Jonathon Edwards. And then I found the song on an album of his called Cruising America's Waterway. And one can hear the song by different artists on YouTube... just Google the song name. I have no idea how to solve the mystery as to who actually wrote the song. Anybody know the email address of Sherlock Holmes? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Diane/ednaelk Date: 27 Jul 08 - 08:29 PM Anyone got the chords? I sang this a million years ago and would like to again. Thanks! chords here (click) |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 28 Jul 08 - 03:54 PM The most widely played version on radio, in the 1960's, was that of the Limeliters. Glenn Yarbrough sang it, virtually, as a solo and may have recorded it on one of his own records as well. It begins in a minor (I used A minor) and progresses to D major. Am I do not have a mansion, 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, And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: Rasener Date: 28 Jul 08 - 04:16 PM The Cherokees Seven Golden Daffodils This is a very nice version of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGapPdprANc&feature=related and Brothers four http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MqOkJSt7g&feature=related Couldn't find Lonnie's version, but just for Lonnies fans, I did find this. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi5ernAfNJk&feature=related |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST Date: 28 Jul 08 - 04:22 PM I had made these corrections prior to sending the note, above, but they disappeared in transit. In the version I sang, it was Am to C, not D. Am Am I do not have a mansion, I haven't any land, Am F Dm/G Not one paper dollar to crinkle in my hand. C F/G C Em But I can show you morning on a thousand hills, F Fm C/G/C And kiss you and give you seven daffodils. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,rockhouseau Date: 06 Dec 08 - 01:35 AM In OZ there was a version by Tassie boys Chaos and Co. Columbia DO-4718 . Flip good garage punker called "It was you", All the best from Downunder, |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,paulbeerling in hastings Date: 10 Feb 09 - 09:31 AM I looked up this site as I still play the original record of seven golden daffoldils with the flip side of nothing at all. I would love to know if many people kept the record as I did and were their any other songs they played as the Mojos in the 60s. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: rich-joy Date: 10 Feb 09 - 05:16 PM I still have my single of The Cherokees doing this number!!! Rich-Joy Down Under |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,stray1948 Date: 21 Feb 09 - 06:41 PM I've just been trying to find who recorded "Seven Golden Daffodils". I used to have the 'single' and this was the 'B' side. I remembered the words "I can show you the mornin', on a thousand hills" etc. but couldn't remember the name of the group who sang it. Now it all comes flooding back - The Mojos - "Nothing at all" being the 'A' side. All I need to do now is find a download for it! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Starshine Date: 05 Apr 09 - 03:59 PM Does anyone know the fingerpicking for this song? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST Date: 23 Jul 09 - 11:04 PM jonathan edwards has such a wonderful version! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST Date: 30 Mar 10 - 09:25 AM I heard Jonathan Edwards sing it Saturday @ Springfest in Live Oak, Florida. The Limeliters recorded it in 1961 -- I have that album somewhere! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: Allan C. Date: 31 Mar 10 - 06:02 AM I'll need to listen to the Limelighters' version of the song again to confirm,but it is the version from which I learned I learned it, the first line of which was: "I haven't any money" The rest is much as has been written above. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST Date: 05 Apr 10 - 03:48 AM The best version is Jonathan Edwards from the album "Live in Holland" - beautiful.... |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,goldenager Date: 13 Apr 10 - 08:41 AM The Limelighters recorded it in 1960 while performing at the Ash Grove in Hollywood. It was released in 1961 on their "Tonight: In Person" album. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffod From: GUEST Date: 25 Apr 10 - 09:17 AM I heard this song at Ohio University in the 60's and never heard it again until I heard it last night sung by Jonathan Edwards at theFur Peace Ranch! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST Date: 02 Dec 10 - 04:24 PM The Serendipity Singers also did this song. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,mjon Date: 17 May 11 - 04:57 PM Seven Golden Daffodils 4 beats to bar Intro Am x 3bars E7 x1bar Verse (Am)Seven Golden Daffodils, Gleaming in the sun. To light he way of evening, when the (D7)day is (G7)done. Chorus But ( C) I can (E7) show you the (F) mor (G) ning, ( C) on a (C7) thousand (Em) hills And (F) kiss you and ( Fm) bring you, ( C) seven golden (D7)daff (G)o ( C) dils. E7 / / / Bridge (Am) I don't have no money, I don't have any land Not even one dollar, to (D7) crinkle in my (G7) hand Chorus Instrumental verse Chorus with ending But ( C) I can (E7) show you the (F) mor (G) ning, ( C) on a (C7) thousand (Em) hills And (F) kiss you and ( Fm) bring you, ----- ( A7) sev e r n, --- (D7) golden (G7)daffo ( C) dils.C7 F Fm C G7 C one beat on each |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Rick Koenig Date: 07 Feb 12 - 07:00 AM Does anyone know who the publisher is? I'd like to buy sheet music for piano. Thanks! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: Elmore Date: 07 Feb 12 - 01:22 PM Sanga music, I think. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Rick Koenig Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:07 PM Thanks, Elmore. I've written to them to ask if they can help. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: Arthur_itus Date: 14 Feb 12 - 04:20 AM Lonnie Donegan's version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3QJmLS_YQo |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Sue Date: 17 Jan 16 - 05:44 PM Stumbled across this thread... I love Alice Stewart's version. It's really beautiful. "Seven Daffodils" is Track 4 on her "All Good Times" album. You can buy it on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-the-good-times/id413924473# |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST, DTM Date: 18 Jan 16 - 09:56 AM Pretty sure a Liverpool group called the Mojos released the song at the same time as Lonnie Donegan. IIRC, both made the NME charts, the Mojos going the higher. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,Big Al Date: 31 Jan 17 - 01:12 PM Jimmie Rodgers version is hauntingly sublime.....my favourite version by far! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: GUEST,WhiskeyJack in Canada Date: 16 Mar 20 - 09:21 PM My beautiful recording is by the Brothers Four from the late 60's, - I fell in love with it and since I don't play by ear, a few years ago, a friend wrote it our for me for piano with chords, and for Clarinet solo, and with piano. I have been able to play it on Clarinet at our campsite at Point Pelee, as well as on piano or clarinet at home. I recommend this version for the the gorgeous melody and the lovely blending voices they had. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Seven Daffodils / Seven Golden Daffodils From: rich-joy Date: 16 Mar 20 - 11:06 PM Just some of many YT versions of this lovely song! The Cherokees (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLMkdJU6bFI Alice Stuart (c.1960s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOxhjyex8xY R-J |
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