Lavender’s Blue ✧

An eight-bar historical setting with a gentle rise and a flowing “diddle, diddle” phrase.

Traditional English nursery song·G major·3/4 time

ReadyPress space to play or pause

Playback settings 100 BPM

Tempo 100 BPMQuarter-note pulse

Count-inMetronome

Whistle 65%Metronome 80%

Metronome volume also controls the count-in

Sound Loading recordings…

Sheet music

Tap a staff note or finger tab to hear it.

Lavender’s blue

You shall be queen

D whistle · G major · 3/4 · 100 BPM · + upper octave

Closed holeOpen holeHalf holeUpper octave

Lavender’s blue

You shall be queen

Lyrics

Traditional words · The Baby’s Opera, page 17

Lavender’s blue, diddle, diddle! Lavender’s green; When I am king, diddle, diddle! You shall be queen.

Call up your men, diddle, diddle! Set them to work; Some to the plough, diddle, diddle! Some to the cart.

Some to make hay, diddle, diddle! Some to cut corn; While you and I, diddle, diddle! Keep ourselves warm.

About this tune

Lavender’s Blue is a traditional English nursery song. The Baby’s Opera prints a short setting with the familiar “diddle, diddle” words.

This historical melody rises to a sustained note in its first half, then answers with a descending close. Each additional verse can use the same eight-bar tune.