delga | { concluding, dilly dilly. }

So, at closing, more than half of y'all don't even know the song I was talking about in the poll, and the rest of you - save one - hit up the first lyric. Plus, twincy helpfully found me this marvellous Wikipedia entry.

The Burl Ives/Disney version uses the first lyric (but also talks about grandmothers and grandfathers, so I don't know what that is); Baby Cousin's sing-along book uses the version tigertrapped left in the comments (and the one that Wikipedia 'endorses').

Guys. GUYS. I have always - always - used the second lyric. FOREVER. AND EVER. Lavender's blue, rosemary's green. (Wikipedia says that those were probably the earliest lyrics?) I thought that maybe it was a regional thing, but then wishes_of_stone voted different. So. Maybe my nursery teacher was just a traditionalist?

It is SO DEPRESSING to row against consensus!

The melody gets into your head and never goes away. Witness!