I Have Considered the Lilies

Connie Converse

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Connie Converse

Elizabeth Eaton Converse (born August 3, 1924, disappeared August 1974), known professionally as Connie Converse, was an American singer-songwriter and musician, active in New York City in the 1950s. Her work is among the earliest known recordings of the singer-songwriter genre of music.Converse left her family home in 1974 in search of a new life and was not heard from again. Her music was largely unknown until it was featured on a 2004 radio show and a compilation album of her work, How Sad, How Lovely, was released in March 2009. more »


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I have considered the lilies
They never toil, they only bloom
They never feel chilly
Or tired or silly
And they don't need much room

I have considered the lilies
I have considered how they grow
Tell me, tell me how to be a lily If you know

0-o-oh, lilies
Toil not neither do they spin
I'm gonna take my working papers
And turn them in

I'm handing over my pencil and pen
I won't be needing my broom again
I'11 bloom by day
I'll bloom by night
And blooming will be my delight!

Bright tiger lilies
Still water lilies
See how they all dilly-dally!

Look at the day lily
Lemon lily
Cala lily
Or the lovely little lilies of the valley!

0-o-oh, lilies
Toil not, neither do they spin
I'm gonna take my working papers
And turn them in

To be more splendid than Solomon
I'll walk around wearing the morning sun
The sun by day
The moon by night
And blooming would be my delight!

It would be fun
But I'm afraid
That I would freeze

King Solomon
Was not arrayed
Like one of these

So-o-o-o, lilies
I can't afford to dilly-dally!
I've got to work for my cotton
Work for my linen
Linen and damask and challis

Not like the day lily
Lemon lily
Cala lily

Or the lovely little lilies of the valley.

I have considered the lilies
I have considered how they grow
Tell me, tell me how to be a lily
If you know

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Written by: Elizabeth Converse

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