Music by W. A. Pratt
Words by Charles Marion Denison
1909
'Good night, Bertie, and goodbye β or, rather au revoir. We shall meet again.'
'Absolutely. When the fields are white with daisies, if not sooner.'
The Code of the Woosters. Chapter 14
'You weren't here.'
'But you knew I should be back. When the fields are white with daisies, you must have said to yourself, he will return. I assume, from your sober deportment, that you found nothing?'
Money in the Bank. Chapter 13
'You'd better ask him. He wants to see you.'
'Who wouldn't? Well, I think I can give him five minutes. But you realize what this means, Elphinstone? It means that you will have to do without me for awhile. Come, come, woman, stop crying like that. When the fields are white with daisies, I'll return.'
Something Fishy. Chapter 9
'Where are you going ?'
'Never mind. When the fields are white with daisies, I'll return', said Lord Ickenham, and withdrew through the door a minute or so before Oily Carlisle came in through the French windows.
Cocktail Time. Chapter 10
'Stickney owes me a thousand pounds.'
'You'll get it when he returns, which will be, I imagine, when the fields are white with daisies.'
Company for Henry. Chapter 12.I
'It is very comforting to reflect, Ferdie, that nowadays, with the security regulations so laxly observed by the prison authorities, you can always leave if the place doesn't suit you. [...] One no longer has that sense of bereavement when a friend is sent up for a stretch. One knows that when the fields are white with daisies, as the song beautifully puts it, he will return. [...]'
Do Butlers Burgle Banks ?. Chapter 4.I