Do you know this old English song?
"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do
I'm half crazy all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two "
I often played it to make little Frimpong fall asleep.
I have a bit or arthritis in my paws now, so I cannot play as marvellously as I could do once, but I’m sure that Frimpong will be glad to hear this tune again, where he is in this moment.
Oh, by the way it’s nearly superfluous to tell you that this song was composed by Harry Dacre (I called him Frank, but this is another story...) for me.
He was crazy for me and he wanted to marry me, but of course I refused.
He tried to write the lyrics, after writing the music, and originally they were
“Violet, Violet give me your answer do
I'm half crazy all for the love of you ...”
But my name was a bit too long and didn’t fit the meter, then I refused to marry him and he changed flower...from Violet to Daisy.
This is the real story of the song.