# Songs with flowers in the titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034 "2012-04-26T16:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/21 "2012-04-26T20:33:09Z")
The Rain, the Park, and Other Things by the Cowsills has flowers in it, but not any specific type. And I like the oldie When You Wore a Tulip. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/22 "2012-04-26T20:54:06Z")
_Flower Girl (la Violetera), Who Will Buy my Violets_ - In City Lights, Charlie Chaplin ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/23 "2012-04-26T22:23:43Z")
“Dead Flowers” – Rolling Stones “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” – Pete Seeger ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/24 "2012-04-26T22:32:13Z")
Purple Heather—Van Morrison ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/25 "2012-04-26T22:54:13Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Scarlet Begonias—Grateful Dead And my other favorite Dead song: _Sugar Magnolia_ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/26 "2012-04-27T15:25:36Z")
I get to use the same song title in two simultaneous threads! Woo hoo! In the “strangest song titles” thread, I posted the following from Tyrannosaurus Rex: “[Like a White Star, Tangled and Far, Tulip That’s What You Are.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXF-v7uGtNY)” ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/27 "2012-04-27T16:22:25Z")
Flowers in the Rain by the Move Tulips from Amsterdam by Max Bygraves Wild Flower by the Cult ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/28 "2012-04-27T16:28:37Z")
A few more… Psycho Daisies - the Yardbirds Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/29 "2012-04-27T16:44:54Z")
“Flowers On The Wall” Statler Brothers ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/30 "2012-04-27T17:43:22Z")
One of my favorite country song titles: “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” - Kathy Mattea ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/31 "2012-04-27T17:48:20Z")
“Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes” “We’ll Gather Lilacs” “The Orange Blossom Special” “In Apple Blossom Time” ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/32 "2012-04-27T18:05:39Z")
_Daisy a Day_ by Jud Strunk. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g5AzmEX-txw/hqdefault.jpg "Jud Strunk - Daisy A Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5AzmEX-txw) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/33 "2012-04-27T20:00:18Z")
[Century Flower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdyBFd-RqE0) by Shelleyan Orphan (not generic, an actual flower - some kind of agave, IIRC) ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/34 "2012-04-27T20:38:25Z")
Unbelievably beautiful: _The Last Rose of Summer_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3nc55QYn970/hqdefault.jpg "The Last Rose of Summer in Kerkrade") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nc55QYn970) Also by Celtic Woman and many other interpreters ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/35 "2012-04-27T23:18:50Z")
_WildwoodWeed_ by Jim Stafford ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/36 "2012-04-28T00:12:17Z")
‘Cracklin’ Rose…’ wait, that’s out. ‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers…’ ok that’s out too. WHY DO YOU HATE NEIL DIAMOND SO?! * * * Gah, beaten to the punch. Ok, Moby’s ‘Flower’. Knew the song, just didn’t realize what it was titled! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sWb1iR2mzM) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/37 "2012-04-28T00:53:36Z")
_When the Bluebonnets Bloom_ - Robert Earl Keen ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/38 "2012-04-28T19:37:42Z")
[Wild Muntain Thyme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Mountain_Thyme) by damn near everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/39 "2012-04-28T20:50:11Z")
[Kiss from a Rose](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ateQQc-AgEM) - Seal ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-flowers-in-the-titles/620034/40 "2012-04-28T23:36:20Z")
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