I Have Considered the Lilies

I have considered the lilies

They never toil, they only bloom

They never feel chilly

Or tired or silly

And they don't need much room

I have considered the lilies

I have considered how they grow

Tell me, tell me how to be a lily If you know

O-o-oh, lilies

Toil not neither do they spin

I'm gonna take my working papers

And turn them in

I'm handing over my pencil and pen

I won't be needing my broom again

I'll bloom by day

I'll bloom by night

And blooming will be my delight!

Bright tiger lilies

Still water lilies

See how they all dilly-dally!

Look at the day lily

Lemon lily

Cala lily

Or the lovely little lilies of the valley!

O-o-oh, lilies

Toil not, neither do they spin

I'm gonna take my working papers

And turn them in

To be more splendid than Solomon

I'll walk around wearing the morning sun

The sun by day

The moon by night

And blooming would be my delight!

It would be fun

But I'm afraid

That I would freeze

King Solomon

Was not arrayed

Like one of these

So-o-o-o, lilies

I can't afford to dilly-dally!

I've got to work for my cotton

Work for my linen

Linen and damask and challis

Not like the day lily

Lemon lily

Cala lily

Or the lovely little lilies of the valley.

I have considered the lilies

I have considered how they grow

Tell me, tell me how to be a lily

If you know