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When I was a kindergarten child I learned a song that went like this:
Goldenrod and asters,
All your hands can hold,
September wears a party dress
Of lavender and gold.
Each September this song plays thru my brain!
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Love it, love the song and the memory!!
Love you, too!!
This Solidago is a relative of one near me. I read that they are NOT the source of hay fever.
Yes,Kip, that is true. Its ragweed thatcauses hay fever.
Hi, I have a friend looking for information on this song, and your link is the only one that comes up. Do know the title of the song, or what the tune is, or more lyrics?
Stephanie
I taught kindergarten in the 60’s and used a book (soft pinkish red color) with many endearing songs such as this one. There is a second verse which I can’t complete. Perhaps one of you will remember.
“Red’s for gay October
See her dancing by…
She likes to wear a party dress to match the crimson sky.
Goldenrod and aster – i also learned that song in kindergarten – did you go to Burbank School in Chicago or was that just a typical kindergarten song years ago?
No…Western Mass. in 1949-50 was when I learned it!
I learned it also at Sauganash School in Chicago by a teacher by the name of Mrs Stellar! I have been looking for the words for 40 years!! I was in Kindergarten there in 1958!
I learned it in the 1940’s at Irving Park School in Chicao. Must have been in the primary grades curriculum. Also learned September by Helen Hunt Jackson. “The goldenrod is yellow, the corn is turning brown. The trees in apple orchards, with fruit are bending down.”
I, too, have been looking for the lyrics for years for my gdaughter. I would love to have the second verse as well. I also remember another fall song that I loved as a child but can’t remember the rest: I am the wind and when I blow, shutters bang, windmills go … Perhaps someone remembers this one as well.
does ANYONE have the entire lyrics? My friend who lives in PA is looking for the entire song.
Oh please, if anyone remembers the second verse, email me at nwrosman@comcast.net. That second verse has been driving me nuts! I thought it was “see her standing there and ending “and flowers in her hair” but apparently my memory (not for the first time) is faulty.
In first and second grade in 1961 and 1962 we sang this song also. I went to Stella Patterson School in Montgomery, Alabama. I would love to have words, a recording or the piano music. Every autumn when I see goldenrods the memories of this happy time flood back in.
Second verse:
“Red for gay October,
See her dancing by.
She likes to wear a crimson gown
To match the sunset sky.”
Hi… did anyone ever come up with the music and lyrics source for Golden Rod and Asters… I learned it in Westfield NY as a child in the 1940s and am the local historian… would like to locate this, please. and many thanks!
Goldenrods and Asters, all your hands can hold
…….of clear blue sky
a pocket full of gold.
I think these are the words I remember from kindergarten or 1st grade
Red for gay October, see her dancing by, October wears a crimson gown to match a sunset sky.
does anyone have this song
I remember this song from grade school in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. I think of it every fall and would love to know the name and all the words.
I remember this song and how to sing it but only the first verse. I’m glad to see someone else has remembered the second. I learned this song during my K – 3rd grade school years, circa 1956-59, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Imagine that! A 60 year old memory and why does this little song stick with me?
I was in 6th grade in Port Angeles WA when we were taught this song…1954…Dave’s lyrics resonate with me but I really have no idea. Great thread. Nancy Dyar
Red for gay October see her prancing by she loves to wear a crimson gown to match the sunset sky