I’d Choose to be a Daisy.

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I’d choose to be a daisy,

If I might be a flower,

My petals closing softly

At twilight’s quiet hour,

And waking in the morning

When falls the early dew,

To welcome heaven’s bright sunshine,

And heaven’s bright tear-drops too.

Chorus.—I’d choose to be a daisy,

If I might be a flower,

My petals closing softly

At twilight’s quiet hour.

I love the gentle Lily,

It looks so meek and fair,

But daisies I love better,

For they grow everywhere,

The lilies bloom so sadly,

In sunshine or in shower,

But daisies still look upward,

However dark the hour.

Chorus.—I’d choose to be a daisy, &c.