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Daffy-down-dilly is a daffodil flower. Richardson, who created the illustration here, got it right by drawing the lady's dress like a daffodil.

 

•  MP3 Recording of Daffy-down-dilly

Notes

Here's a slightly different version from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith:

Daffy-down-dilly has come up to town
In a fine petticoat and a green gown.

Photos & Illustrations

Thanks and Acknowledgements

The first illustration is from Mother Goose, The Original Volland Edition (1915), edited and arranged by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Frederick Richardson (with some graphical editing by Mama Lisa) and the second illustration comes from Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose (1881). The 3rd illustration is by The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).

Recorded by my 8 year old daughter.