a 1922 popular song words and music by Gilbert Keyes, Ernie Erdman, Fred Meinken
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I miss the fragrant fields of clover, I’ve got the clover blossom blues
I want to stray back, away back, where bumble bees will buzz the news
(Glad to come home, had to come home to look the clover over)
I’ve been a sort of restless rover, but now the homeward road I’ll choose
I’ve written my Maw, she’s telling my Paw
Someone’s got those lonesome clover blossom blues
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Apple blossoms tell of spring, the roses speak of June
Orange blossoms ever sing about a honeymoon
Rosemary means don’t forget, through all the days to be
While the modest Violet pleads “remember me”
Daisies whisper “I won’t tell the secrets you unfold”
Pansies mean that love thoughts dwell in hearts of purest gold
Every flower holds a spell wherever I may roam
Though I love them all so well, clover calls me home