Great grandfather met great grandmother When she was a shy young girl And great grandfather won great grandmother With words more or less like this: Lavender blue, dilly dilly Lavender green If I were king, dilly dilly I'd need a queen I told you so Who told me so dilly dilly Who told me so? I told myself dilly dilly I told you so If your dilly dilly heart Feels a dilly dilly way 'N if you'll answer yes In a pretty little church On a dilly dilly day You'll be wed in a dilly dilly Dress of lavender blue dilly dilly Lavender green Then I'll be king dilly dilly And you'll be my queen