Jud Strunk - Daisy a Day

[thetitanicisdead]

My friends mason strunk grandpa wrote this

[GratefulJWB]

The antithesis to this song is Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing in the Sunshine". I think I prefer Jud's viewpoint.

[brucew44guns]

It doesn't get much better than this. Just heard it on an oldies AM radio show in Kansas this morning, was hoping it was on YOUtube, fantastic! Thanks for posting.

[ThePolka]

In my mind, this is one of the greatest songs ever written because it sings about love everlasting... til death do we part. It's a song about love that everyone should have for their partner through life.

[michelecj1]

One of my favorite songs :) Beautiful! My love sang this to me and I cried - so beautiful!!

[UntamedAdreniline]

my mom grew up with him which is kinda cool

[nevar1965]

i always loved this song, its beautiful, brings back good memories of childhood

[MrDF3451]

Check out another reminscing by Jud Strunk -, Bill Jones General Store.

[arkypig12]

This week will be our 33rd anniversary and daisies are her favorites. She will get 33 on our day. I give her daisies every year and I love more today than yesterday. Thank you my love for the past 33 years.

[Ferrum2004]

Before my Beth passed, 3/23/11, I'd buy her daisies too. Beautiful Lady and a wonderful Song!

[pin1946]

Oh my.... brings back so many memories... wonderful,uplifting and romantic...

[coachrv30]

I haven't heard this song for many years, even forgot some of the lyrics. But when "he walked to the top of the hill" I shed a few tears, for I lost my wife to cancer 8 years ago, though it seems like yesterday. It was just a short time ago I returned to the town where she was raised and we were married. It was here I walked up to the very top of the hill where she now rests. Need I say more; I still love her and miss her. Indeed she's my daisy a day. Thanks so much for sharing this song, lee57.

[CatholicView]

I cry every time I hear this song. To know an old man still loves his wife, and keeps his promise by giving her a daisy every day on her grave, as he did in life.

Such commitment I have not seen in many families, but a few.

[TheMissouripicker]

Sweet song. Very nicely done.

[tonybenn1000]

what a song ...thinking im 13 again....love it

[nickfromsydney]

Does anyone happen to know what show this is?

[lisalck]

@nickfromsydney Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson

[nickfromsydney]

@lisalck Awesome! I wanted to be sure before I go on a wild goose chase. :D Thanks so much.

[mandywithell]

Can anyone post up "next door neighbours kid"? Haven't heard it for 40 years.

[quietclayer]

Married 20+ years and now he says he wants a divorce. This song makes me cry. It says how we used to be.

[Mohanchous]

All the sadness and hope of life are rolled up in that last verse.

[bullplp]

For some reason I've just stated humming this song and can't get it out of my head. The last time I heard it was about 1972 when I was first married and I loved it then. I'm with the same lovely girl and love her more every day. For us, the singer will, of course, be either her or me. Somewhere luck, sorrow and love all meet. Bless you, Jed.

[premsign]

Hi chg657. We are the same age. it was a great time for sloppy ballads. 'Summer the first time' by Bobby Goldsboro & 'wildfire' by MM & of course all Bread songs.

[DuneRatz2010]

This the first song my wife and I heard together when I gave her a ride home the next to the last day of High School our Senior year. When we got married 3 years later, the church was decorated in Daisies. Every time we send flowers to each other we have daisies put into the flowers. It has been 34 years 7 months of wonderful bliss with her.

[440trigger]

Great song... I am only 35-6 and my good friend is 60 odd. He has one eye and this song brings a tear to it!!! Thanks!!

P.S I like it too!!

[aprilwino]

Still loving my beautiful bride of 22 years and hoping I din't have to sing this song one day..

[akouri1]

I hum this song all the time, I am so glad to have found it here!

[rosemaryklb5]

I only have 500 charaters..not enough. I was 15 in 1960,he 19. All these years til 2008 an beyond, this was (is) "our" song. He is still here when i dream @ nite & listen to this. We did such crazy stuff, had water fights "in" the house. Had babies, lost a baby to sids. And loved & fought but yes we loved. Please God let there be an "after" and let it be filled with Daisies.....Love to all

[steijbroe]

in het Nederlands is het `ik geef je een roosje m'n roosje´maar dit is ook mooi!

[SavannahNight]

Great great song

[seshehd]

one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. one of my favorite of all songs.



[robyfox2]

It's funny the memories a song will bring back. The line "I'll love you until the rivers run still, and the old winds we know blow away" just popped into my mind. It's all I could remember. I figured, no way could I find out what this melody is. But, here it is. And now I know why it played in my head tonight. Mama loved to hear me sing, and she especially loved this song. I find myself, tears in my eyes. Missing that sweet lady and the little boy who sang to make his mama smile.

[scarletragingstorm]

This will always be a fav of mine.

[jillmc66]

fantastic song one off my favourites :)

[brokenscimitar]

The most beautiful love song of all time.

[slb928]

I have always loved this song. Every once in a while I catch myself singing it. And yes, it still makes me cry.

[RaineeG62]

This one always makes me cry. Shoot it did back when I was a little kid. It speaks of the love we all wish we could experience. Such a sweet tender song.

[beggarsalley1]

I sang this to my wife with the trio Beggar's Alley for 6 1/2 years. I lost her 6 months ago to cancer. Saturday, 2/26/11 is our 40th anniversary. There will be 40 daisies in a mesquite tree in West Texas that morning....

[riverstar52]

this song is crying out for some harmonica, would make it so much prettier! Adore it anyway, it's the sweetest love song i've heard in a while :)

[kgrueschowjr2010]

true classic

[0795oreilly]

Quite good, but to me it sounds like a lot of other songs. Can't think what though.

[MsValeriejane]

What a treasure and indeed a beautiful song for those happily married men to sing to their wife that they adore! Makes me happy!!!

[ElEkTRaCrUzAZuL]

dad, just as you said!!! this song is beautiful, makes me cry!!! i love you!!! and i love helga too hehehe almost forgot

[WHITETORNADO0124]

this song came out just when my wife died.

[krisjevisje]

i know this song as a dutch song.. ( roosje mijn roosje) i give you a rose my rose..

so sad song..

[ladylike1980]

I love this beautiful song. It's a humble masterpiece. Thanks so much for posting.

[thevoicebobjordan]

I sob each time I listen to this. I can't imagine anything as wonderful as a marriage that would last a lifetime and at the end you would both be in love as much as you were at the start. I'm 61 and am still waiting for someone I can give a daisy a day to.

[musicmandon1]

Heard this as a kid in the '70s. Loved it then, love it still. Sadly, my instrument, the Suzuki q-chord, doesn't allow the dramatic pauses Strunk wrote into this song, so I wouldn't be able to cover it, as much as I wish to do so.

[Pearlygirl0]

I just bought an album in a bookstore and this was the first song on it. it really restores my faith in music, this is wonderful. :)

[sjtromp1]

this beautiful song came also to Holland in an other arrangement

find it on you tube !!! ; " Conny Vandenbosse-Ome Arie "

[farawayeyes]

this song brings tears to my eyes my grandmother's same was daisy and we all use to sing this to her all the time she has been gone for some years now and i miss her so much ty for posting this a flood of memories came flowing back to me.

[laurieplaurie]

WOW, this is true love! Brings back my childhood memories! Mom played it all the time! Yesterday was her birthday! Man I still miss her as much as the day she died!

[fzaiko]

I married a woman that I associated with this song. It didn't work but we stayed together long enough (23 years) to raise two fine children. I wish it could have mached the song....

[jochmaboys]

This reminds me of my grandparents. Excuse me while I cry...

[marshmello3455]

@jochmaboys This was my grandparents' song. They both died last year, but any time I hear or think of this song, I remeber them

[MrDBCooperstein]

"Pockets for Memories" is a great song if anyone can find it and upload it...

[LneWlf16]

*sob* *sob* that was such a good yet sad song.

[littlesparrow10]

anyone know where to get the music sheet for this? I'd been one of my favorites for years!

[Ballenxj]

Great song! I looked for this one because I remembered it from a movie I watched in the past, but I don't remember which one it was. Anybody know?

[Princelawton]

I had the benefit of hearing Jud sing this song at his mother's house in Springville, NY in 1977? He drove up in a beat up old limo with his kids in tow. We sat by Pete's Pond and listened to his banjo. Later when I was 14 I heard him play in Ellicotville at the Depot, fake IDs. And in 1979 he came back with the Complin Kitchen Band and played The little Orange Thing. I still remember all the words. He motivated me to learn the guitar and I play many of his songs to this day.

[crissy20061]

Love this song... My auntie June who passed on in 2006 loved it to and would sing it over and over while doing her garden....it was the song we played at her funeral.

Sadly she passed 6 months to the day after her husband max.. a very sad year for our family ..

chrissy

[7estee]

I remember My Dad always singing this when I was a teenager, then Mum died in 1979, and it was never played again or sung in our house, but when I listened to it now I know why, this is how he felt about Mum. My heart is breaking

[winterbound123]

I bought the CD from the family in Maine awhile back. Some more great and fun tunes. Check it out! Thanks for posting this!

[wlsantn]

I had the pleasure of meeting Jud when I was a DJ at WKTJ Farmington, Maine. That was in 1968, and it was one of the highlights of my time there. Then there was the snow, which set a record over 200 inches. But it was fun!

[edbuster]

I hate this song. It reminds me of my grandparents. I still cry. I love this song.

[Earthlinked]

Strunk became a folk hero of sorts in Maine and in 1970 he narrowly lost the election for a Senate seat in the state legislature. He was also a private pilot and purchased a 1941 Fairchild M62-A. Unfortunately, on October 5, 1981, he suffered a heart attack while taking off in the aircraft at the Carrabassett Valley Airport in Maine and was killed instantly along with his passenger, local businessman Dick Ayotte. Strunk was 45 years old.

[Krazzy12U]

Exactly, 'savethecommonman' exactly, These are the people who didn't need to use swear words or put people down or embarass or use a band or overdress to impress...this guy like many others used their RAW TALENT to mesmerise and steal your soul to lift you up and give you hope and vision...What have we got today - - Lady GA GA...Kesha.... Justin Bieber??? WTF?

[gcdcjccc]

very accurate Krazzy, i think i was fifteen when Daisy a Day was released and it captured me even at that very young age. vintage stuff

[savethecommonman]

Where in the name of God are the people who wrote songs of such simplicity and goodness.  I well up everytime I hear it!! Look at the sincerity in his face as he sings it... where are the Jud Strunks of 2010?

[kismarc]

I saw Jud Strunk in Summer 1973 at Louie's Steak House in Winthrop, Maine. Jud was the friend of my boss Louie Collins.

[flowerchild967]

Wow, beautiful.... My dad and Jud were friends. He died tragically in a plane crash in Maine in Oct. 1981. His ex wife was my art teacher in high school, and I went to school with his sons. He was an amazing folk singer....

[y00sta]

my best freinds wife died and everyday for months he took her daisys for her grave, then he died of a broken heart

[teslaccy]

I'll wager anyone who's tried to sing this song didn't make it thru the first time without tears running down their face. I've tried several times, and still can't get thru it. Very emotional tune. I remember this tune from when I was a younger man, but never listened to the words until recently. Nicely done Jud. RIP.

[myname405]

This is probably why Spike Jones, jr. put his own twist on the song when he recorded it.

[murrmac]

@teslaccy , absolutely right, I can't get through it either without choking up, and I don't consider myself overly sentimental, far from it.

Very few songs do that to me, Richard Thompson's "How Will I Ever Be simple again" is one, and " Dancing at Whitsun", written by John Austin Marshall is another.

Both of these are on Youtube ( Tim Hart's version of the latter song is the one tro listen to)

[nutsundae]

ive never seen or heard a song sung with more feeling

[DALCOLDARA]

Amazing how as a youngster I used to laugh at my parents for liking this song.Then after getting married and having children I suddenly appreciate what a good song this really is.

[7tnorris]

@DALCOLDARA LOL That is funny! My wife (after all these years) still makes fun of me for liking this song! I was a teenager when this song hit the radio and I actually thought that it was an "old time" song until I saw him on TV. It didn't sound like anything written in the 70s.

Jud's death in the 80s was very tragic and it is good that he is not completely forgotten.

[DALCOLDARA]

My wife frowns at me also.Hard to know where we poor fellows stand lol.Show a more caring and sentimental side and we are laughed at and if we don't we are given the cold shoulder.Suppose it depends on the day for them or maybe even the hour.Whatever it is we can never win.I agree that it's great that Jud is not being forgotten although I was a little surprised by the comparitively lack of hits for this great song.I thought it would have been alot higher.Happy New Year to you.

[thelobsterlady]

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[zapkvr]

My dad used to love this song, he would sing it early in the mornings. It reminds me of him, a lot.

[DAdams254]

Great song - I have an 8 Track Tape with most of his songs.

[isabel0407]

smiles and tears... why is everything so hard to let go? why couldn't we just be happy together? why??? ;(

[ecab19]

I don't know...I just don't know...

[isabel0407]

i have already figured it out. the "love" was not real, it never was, or else you would of never left me for someone else who was "perfect"...

[rowell6369]

I was fortunate enough to live in Eustis in Judd's cabin with his youngest son Jeff for 2 years in the early 90's and he really was an amzing writer. Although he passed in '81 I feel as though Iknew him. Great person and a great family.

[74norton850]

One of my favorite all time songs....

[papabear725]

This is a song we have sung for many, many years with our Marriage Encounter Community and we will sing it again on Sept 5th for our celebration of 50 years of Marriage.

[DaisyGrayBlue]

This is lovely<3

[murphyspb]

a smile and a tear

[chg657]

Sittin' here sobbin'...I thought this song was insufferably sweet back in '73 when I was 16, but now at 52, it makes me cry....

[hrothgleas]

@chg657 I was 14, and I agree with you completely.

[steven9624]

@chg657 It shows you have a good heart

[louswire]

@chg657 You ain't the only one...

[orchid4421]

every one know the lyric........

[wolfman3344]

I love his song this song it was great

altough,I haven't heard musc from Mr. Strunk in receant years,What ever happened to him.

[joelweymouthtais]

Died in a plane crash in the early 1980's in Maine

[PowerForGood]

Imagine a 300lb powerlifter with a tear in his eye. I must be a sentimental ol fool or... perhaps it's the power of this song.

[seshehd]

@PowerForGood I'm cryin' my eye's out too.

[jamiewadden]

my dad would sing this song to me and my two older sisters at night to put us to sleep.. now i sing it to my three kids to put them to sleep.. one of the GREATEST songs ever...

[betherin82]

Every time I hear this song I cry, It is so sweet and so sad.

[ritahestand]

Such a sweet song. I love it

[Alameda39]

I love this, my dad sang this to me everynight before bedtime.

[pfeifferpack]

One of the most touching and beautiful love songs I ever heard. I still have the 45RPM and THANK YOU for posting this. It always chokes me up.  I always wanted to have someone love me this way and finally got lucky enough to get my wish.

[HurricaneRhonda]

What a wonderful thing to read. Glad you found your happiness.

[troyrash]

great memories of my Momma - she loved this song and would sing it as she did housework

[fundybaygirl]

such a nice love song and it makes me feel sad as well as happy.

[theprisonersix]

One of the sweetest and most touching songs ever written.

[y00sta]

always costs me a couple of tears, but i always play it ty  mr. strunk

[actmishart]

i always cry

[leng21]

I was introduced to the talents of Jud Strunk on the old Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In televsion show in the early '70's. I always enjoyed his humor and the warm personality he exhibited on the show. I remember this tune getting airplay on New York City radio stations in 1973, and even as an adolescent, feeling emotional about the sentiment it conveyed. It's wonderful that this live performance of the song by Jud Strunk from the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson is available. Great post!

[symewinston]

good posting

this live performance is better than the recorded one

[MerlynSchutterle]

We are going to do this wonderful song in cowboy church in Cherry Grove MN (50 miles SW of Rochester) the first Sunday in April. Stop in and sing it with us.

[kecho21]

Tks Lee heres Valent day of lov only some hav no one.Then I find not only yours live ver from waitin 2yrs for my sub2come bk tks to PTB, It hurt to see vid gone cus when I was.waitin 2 see it here again I end up with the live vers sub U :5* remember swingin my tree swing singin song as child.& hopin one day I would find that love.Never did, not old just alone,waitin on cancer if i go or stay, if you find that REAL love, never let um go no matter what or it could haps 2U. HUG4 hope today sub:)

[JACK3201947]

When I was a young kid I would mow Jud's parents lawn in Springville, NY ! I ever got to meet him because he was off doing what he did best. And at that age I don't think I even knew who he was ! That had to be around 1964. But years later I loved his songs ! To bad that he died so young at age 45 ! If you would like to know more about his life, Wikipedia tells a lot about him .

[Madmelodist]

A really great love song! Thanx Jud for writing it! & thanx lee57 for sharing! 5*****

.....Sam

[PhoebeWhoebe]

How could one not love this song? I remember it from over 30 years ago and could only wish I had found that simple, uncomplicated love in my life.

[noble6163]

I knew the man was I was a boy... he was a story teller and musician... I remember the day when Jud & Dick Ayotte died...I still have and old worn out cassette

[BUGMAN63]

REST IN PEACE JED.... BUGMAN

[msfyn]

One for Ollie {Nelma} I wonder where you are today?

[richwiz2]

This tune blew people away when it first appeared, nearly 40 years ago, and it still has the same effect on folks who hear it today. It really strikes a chord in warm hearts.

[esscli]

He was one very special man... I have an incredible album. I am TRYING to record it for all of us to hear!

Yes, and I AM a Mainiac!

[rawrco]

Hey! My name is Daisy!!!

[GraemeBerke]

From the creator to us.

Thank to creator and who-ever saved this for us.

[rosimeirecampos]

ESTA MUSICA TOCA A MINHA ALMA!!! Que pena que nao è da minha geraçao...

[HeidiB4]

I remember having his album and I loved the song so much that I wrote to the address on the album~ to him, telling Jud how much I loved his song AND HE WROTE ME BACk~ from his farm in Maine and thanked me. He told me of how the starlings were coming back from the south. I'll treasure that letter forever!

[OffensiveMe]

This is one of my favourite songs (It's in top five but is not indeed my favourite)

I find this song so touching though, it seems to stir something from deep within one's soul his love and commitment towards her is something we need more of I just hate the fact she did die but at least he has all these memories and not even death could stop him keeping his word.

[54spiritedwill54]

aa beautiful song beautifully subg.

[fullmetal153]

Amazing song....Nearly brought me to tears.

[iamnewfie1]

what a great song.......

[rsanford100]

I had forgotten this song..so long ago. Beautiful, thanks for the memories.

[alandhopewell]

Another lovely, simple 70's song...RIP Judd.

[bgsstanley]

could never express how much influence this song has had on my life, spanning 35-36 years!!! enjoy!, everyone who visits this and i hope you find as much enjoyment/consolation in it as i have......thank you for this very special song and the memories xx

[rayrayzmail]

When I was growing up my mom would play her guitar while my dad sang this too her.My sister and I both luv this song. Thanks for posting it!

[mrtrashcan]

Never saw him in person. Always loved the song.  Thanks very much for posting it!

[ChunkyDude68]

Great to see this clip!

My mother use to sing this song to me back in the 70s... tracked down a version of it on CD "Have A Nice Day" series...

[mimifinatic37]

This song was played at my grandfathers funeral for him and my nana it was there song and everytime i hear it it makes me cry i will never stop loving them may the rest in peace now that they have been reunited after 15 years

[allisonh426]

This is going to be played at my Grandmother's funeral. It is her favorite song. I had never heard it until now. :(

[malcam66]

This was one of my mother's favorite song. I played it at my wedding reception in her memory. There was not a dry eye in the place. I shed a tear every time I hear this. It's beautiful.

[shartnk]

What a great surprise to find this! I typed it in an could not believe it came up. I used to have the 45 when I was a teenager. It reminds me of those years and sweet memories of playing it over and over again :) Thanks for posting it!

[johannahlarsen]

this is so sweet. my uncle sang this song to his mother when his father died. it'll always remind me of that.

[headywest]

I met Judd when I was just about 5 years old at the Mole Lake Music Festival in northern WI. He signed a book that came with the tape we got. Unfortunately, we lost both in a fire in 1980. What a treat to find this!

[Ulysses61]

Someone said this song is not available on CD. This is not true. Rhino records put it out in the 90's in their 22-CD set "The 70's: Have a Nice Day." A wonderful song.

[lawrenc1]

I can verify this; I own it in that form.

[HansRNL63]

Dat is een stuk beter dan "Roosje mijn roosje"

That sounds a lot better then the Dutch cover.

[kevbanmic]

Great song, remembered listening to it as w young kid. His career didn't take off as he was killed in a plane crash.

[pate99]

Jud was a great entertainer. I saw him in concert in the round. He should have been a major star but something kept him from getting there. It is almost impossible to find this song anywhere. It is not on Amazon........it is not on Itunes. It is truly a remarkable song by a remarkable artist.

[paintedhorse1957]

i have always loved this song , very cool

[iaminthburg]

Okay, it's not smart and it's not kewl. It ain't all that and it ain't da bomb. But it's sweet and pure, and peaceful and comforting...it's heartfelt and true and so very tender. So, maybe it is all that. Many thanks for posting.

[U0FLP00GIE]

My Dad had this song played on local radio every year to my mom on their anniversary every year from the year it came out. What memories

[ebenchoff]

A beautiful song that I remembered so fondly from my Dad's 8-track collection that I made it my wedding song when I married my beautiful wife.

[grandpop67]

aa beautiful song  beautifully subg. Couldn,t they write songs in the past. As they would say in america AWESOME.

[Ulysses61]

I remember this song and bought the 45 for it as a kid. What a lovely, lovely song. It's one billion times better than rap!

[sonnysgirl517]

This is really beatiful and my sister sent it to me cause the 15th, of Nov. we would have been married if the Lord and not taken him home.Really,really nice.

[leah1959]

man, I thought I was the only one who remembered this song!

[tsgregt]

This is one of my favorites, and for the longest time I could only recall part of the song. It touch my heart like nothing else!

YouTube is WONDERFUL!!

[bgsstanley]

hi leah

why did u remember this song in particular, do u want to share ur thoughts with me

[leah1959]

I remember, and loved, tons of great songs. Some remained on the radio and never left us, but for some unknown reason many of them just disappeared off the face of the earth until youtube. So it's a special pleasure to hear those songs again, which I haven't heard in 30+ years. Also, I had the record - I can still the 45 with blue & yellow flowers - and it was one of the early songs I learned to play on the guitar. Plus of course it's just a beautiful song about a lifelong love.

[fingerpicker40]

This song, and Jud's other music, inspired me to pick up the guitar (and tenor banjo) and start playing 35 years ago--I haven't stopped since, and still love playing this song. Thanks for posting it.

Another bit of trivia (and I would love to see the video to this)--I understand that this was the only song ever performed "straight" on Laugh-in, where Jud was a regular cast member for a season or two.

[betherin82]

this is such a sweet song

[jacobbrown1902]

Gee, I miss that guy! Such great songs he wrote! Bill Jones General Store, The Seekers, Long Ride Home, The Next Door Neighbor's Kid... All wonderful. And he was quite a comic, to boot! Thank you!

[nageea]

I'd forgotten this beautiful song existed. Thank you so much for giving it to us to appreciate,some of us for the first time, and the rest of us, all over again.

[datoobster75]

One of the best songs EVER written, from 1973

[riverbender]

It is a fine song! Young folks may appreciate it a bit more as they go through the years.

[booump]

a very good talent taken way too soon from us.....great signature song

[lancebub]

A beautiful song about love! The audience was spellbound. Me too.

[openroad88]

This album is in my parent's record collection and I always enjoyed listening to it.

[my1life]

Thank you so much for posting this song. My Dad, who is 77, recently lost his girlfriend of 20+ years to brain cancer. He is very ill now, I find some comfort that they will be together soon.

It is a shame that itunes doesn't offer it.