Daisy Bell
Harry Dacre's 1892 waltz, "A Bicycle Built for Two", for 2 to 4 singers: the first verse and the chorus, the tune on top in close harmony. A pop song before there were pop songs: a hook everyone knows, and a verse built the way songs still are.
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The first verse
Words: Harry Dacre (1892)Tune: Harry Dacre (1892)
There is a flower within my heart,Daisy, Daisy!Planted one day by a glancing dart,Planted by Daisy Bell!Whether she loves me or loves me not,Sometimes it's hard to tell;Yet I am longing to share the lotOf beautiful Daisy Bell!
About Daisy Bell
Daisy Bell, the song many know as A Bicycle Built for Two, was written and composed by Harry Dacre and published in 1892. Our arrangement is read from a copy of that sheet music, published by T. B. Harms in New York and Francis, Day and Hunter in London and printed in 1893 or later, in its own key of G. It is a waltz, marked Tempo di Valse, and its chorus is marked to go a little faster than the verse. This is the first verse and the chorus for 2 to 4 singers, all on the words: the tune on top, the alto close beneath it, mostly on the third of each chord, the tenor filling the chord and the bass beneath.
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