Editing Lavender's Blue (section)

===1949===
A version of the song, titled "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)", was featured in the 1948 [[Walt Disney]] film ''[[So Dear to My Heart]]'', where it was sung by [[Burl Ives]]. This version was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] in [[22nd Academy Awards|1949]]. This version of the song was credited to [[Eliot Daniel]] (music) and [[Larry Morey]] (lyrics). "Lavender Blue" was one of 400 nominees for the [[American Film Institute]]'s "[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|100 Years...100 Songs]]" list of the 100 greatest film songs, which was presented on a television program of that name which aired on June 22, 2004, but it didn't make the final list.<ref name=AFI_400/><ref name=AFI_100/> The appearance of "Lavender Blue" in the Disney film sparked a revival of interest in the song.

Ives' version of "Lavender Blue" was recorded in December 1948 and released as a single in January 1949. As was common for pop songs in those days,<ref name=DigitalDreamDoor/> several other singers released versions at near the same time. [[Sammy Kaye]] also released a version in 1949, which charted at No. 5,<ref name=SDb_Kaye/> as did [[Dinah Shore]] (her version went to No. 1 on the Australian chart<ref name=Tsort/> and was the title track of her album ''Lavender Blue''). [[Vera Lynn]]'s version of "Lavender Blue" was issued on the [[A-side and B-side|B side]] of her single "[[Again (1949 song)|Again]]",<ref name=VeraLynn/> which reached the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine [[Billboard Hot 100|Best Seller chart]] on January 21, 1949.