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At the Marsworth Rally, Dennis was playing his home-built 26 note which you may not have noticed was named "Daisy Belle" after his mother, Daisy.
This is not quite the same spelling as in the song 'Daisy Bell'.
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"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do".
This is another one of those songs which nearly everyone knows....well the chorus at least.
It was written by Harry Dacre in 1892, some twenty five years after the first 'modern' bicycle appeared.
According to one story of the song's origin, Dacre took his bicycle with him when he travelled to America and was charged duty on it at the custom shed. A friend remarked, "Lucky you didn't have a bicycle made for two - you'd have been charged double".
The incident stuck in his mind and the result was Daisy Bell.
Sorry, I didn't have a picture of a tandem.......so how about a 'Tricycle made for Two'?
And here is a suggested reply from Daisy:-
Michael, Michael, this is my answer dear.
I can't cycle, it makes me feel so queer,
If you can't afford a carriage,
Call off the blinkin' marriage,
For I'll be blowed, if I'll be towed,
On a bicycle made for two!
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