A 1903 popular song
words by Wilbur Gumm
music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In the summer’s golden glow
Man and maiden strolling go
Where the ox-eyed daisies grow
In their pride and glory
Maiden blushing, strangely fair
Lifts a daisy nodding there
Whispers with a frightened air
“Reveal now love’s own story”
Chorus
“One I love, two I love
Three I love I say
Four I love with all my heart
And five I cast away
Six he loves, seven she loves
Eight he wants to wed
None he tarries, ten he marries
That’s what the daisy said”
- Said the man, “The daisy shows
That the future well it knows
For the truth it does disclose
To my liking surely”
“If the daisy tells me true
Don’t you think it’s time that you
Tell me something like that, too?”
The maiden said demurely
Sung here by Vancha March: