Where the Purple Lilacs Grow

Where the Purple Lilacs Grow

The state flower of NH is the Purple Lilac and the Purple Lilac song has been at WMI since the beginning. Back in the 60s and 70s we had a deaf program. So to this day, we continue the tradition of signing the lyrics in ASL while we sing.

Every arrival day, departure day, and plenty of days in between, we sing ‘Purple Lilacs’. It’s a little symbolic as I see it as the beginning of summer and it’s an easy song to learn and remember. Here are the lyrics:

I want to wake up in the morning where the purple lilacs grow

where the sun comes peeping into where I’m sleeping

and the song birds say hello, hello

I want to wander through the wild woods

where the fragrant breezes blow

and drift back to New Hampshire

where the purple lilacs grow