I want to be a daisy
I want to be a daisy
to sit quietly on a hill in the breeze
grow up into a beauty and then watch my petals fall away
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Fresh Hell 
“Daisies never tell.” Quote from my maternal grandmother.
“You’re a daisy if you do.” Doc Holliday in Tombstone.
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Daisies never tell… what? I guess I’ll never know? Or is that the cute little old lady equivalent to “dead men tell no tales?”
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I never knew. She never offered any further info. I suspect it was something from her early days. She was born in 1915. Language has evolved since then. I may have to do some research…🤔
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I love the little idiomatic expressions from the old days
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Found this:
Info at the bottom states the music is part of The Welk Music Group…probably a trust via Lawrence Welk. My grandmother loved Lawrence Welk. I grew up watching it with her.
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My YouTube link disappeared!
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I found it! WordPress is neurotic about links, I think it wanted me to approve it
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I love the poem, I love the sentiment too. Thanks for sharing this.
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