A popular song from 1924
Words and music by Cliff Friend
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m tired of driftin’, shiftin’
Liftin’ troubles from my weary mind
City life drives me dizzy
Always bothered and busy
Say, I’m so sick of all this hurry and it’s worry
How my poor heart pines every time I recall
Sweetest memories of all
Chorus
Gee, it would be great if I could go to sleep
And wake up where the lazy daisies grow
One I love and two I love and three
I’d love to wander where the lazy daisies grow
Life to me would always be a holiday
Down in the fields that I once knew
‘Cause if it satisfies the bees and butterflies
Then I’d be satisfied, too
Just like Huckleberry Finn I’d wear a grin
If I were in the land of sunny smiles
Just to see the one I love
The one I’m always dreaming of
I’d walk a million miles
There is where the world’s as fair as Paradise
A little birdie told me so, oh
Gee, it would be great if I could go to sleep
And wake up where the lazy daisies grow
- Each time I close my dreary weary eyes
I see the skies of blue
And I dream of my childhood
Happy days in the wildwood
I dream but what’s the use of scheming schemes
And dreaming dreams that won’t come true
‘Cause it doesn’t seem fair
How I long to be there
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: