WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY JUD STRUNK-1973.
JUD STRUNK WAS BORN JUNE 11, 1936, IN JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.
WHILE HE WAS IN THE ARMED FORCES, HE TOURED EUROPE AS A SERVICEMAN AND SINGER.
CARL SANDBURG INSPIRED JUD STRUNK TO ATTAIN A MUSIC CAREER AS A SONGWRITER AND SINGER.
JUD'S BAND WAS "THE COPLIN KITCHEN BAND."
HE WAS A GUEST ON LAUGH-IN, HEE HAW, BEWITCHED, AND THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW.
HE MADE HIS FAMILY HOME IN FARMINGTON, MAINE. JUD RAN FOR THE MAINE STATE SENATE IN 1970.
HE LOST BY ONLY ONE VOTE.
EIGHT YEARS AFTER RECORDING "A DAISY A DAY," JUD STRUNK WAS KILLED IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH IN OCTOBER 1981. HE WAS 45 YEARS-OLD.
HE LEFT BEHIND HIS WIFE, MARTHA ANN; AND THREE SONS: RORY, JEFFREY AND JOEL.
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THEY WOULD WALK DOWN THE STREET IN THE EVENIN',
AND FOR YEARS I WOULD SEE THEM GO BY.
AND THEIR LOVE THAT WAS MORE,
THAN THE CLOTHES THAT THEY WORE,
COULD BE SEEN IN THE GLEAM OF THEIR EYE.
AS A KID, THEY WOULD TAKE ME FOR CANDY,
AND I LOVED TO GO TAGGIN' ALONG.
WE'D HOLD HANDS WHILE WE WALKED TO THE CORNER,
AND THE OLD MAN WOULD SING HER HIS SONG.
I'LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY, DEAR,
I'LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY.
I'LL LOVE YOU UNTIL THE RIVERS RUN STILL,
AND THE FOUR WINDS WE KNOW BLOW AWAY.
HE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE MET HER,
HE REMEMBERS THE FIRST THING SHE SAID.
HE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE HELD HER,
AND THE NIGHT THAT SHE CAME TO HIS BED.
HE REMEMBERS HER SWEET WAY OF SINGIN',
"HONEY, HAS SOMETHIN' GONE WRONG?"
HE REMEMBERS THE FUN AND THE TEASIN',
AND THE REASON HE WROTE HER THIS SONG.
I'LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY, DEAR;
I'LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY.
I'LL LOVE YOU UNTIL THE RIVERS RUN STILL,
AND THE FOUR WINDS WE KNOW BLOW AWAY.
NOW HE WALKS DOWN THE STREET IN THE EVENIN',
AND HE STOPS BY THE OLD CANDY STORE.
AND I SOMEHOW BELIEVE HE'S BELIEVIN',
HE'S HOLDIN' HER HAND LIKE BEFORE.
FOR HE FEELS ALL HER LOVE WALKIN' WITH HIM,
AND HE SMILES AS THE THINGS SHE MIGHT SAY.
THEN THE OLD MAN WALKS UP TO THE HILLTOP,
AND GIVES HER A DAISY A DAY.
I'LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY, DEAR;
I'LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY.
I'LL LOVE YOU UNTIL THE RIVERS RUN STILL,
AND THE FOUR WINDS WE KNOW BLOW AWAY.
