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Thread #1006   Message #29718
Posted By: Alastair UK
30-May-98 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: English Country Garden
Subject: Lyr Add: ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN
I've just found these - the complete words as far as I know:

How many flowers do there grow,
in an English country garden.
I'll tell you now, of some that I know,
and those I miss, you'll surely pardon.
Daffodils, hearts-ease and flocks,
meadow lea, and lilies, stocks,
Gentle lupins and tall hollyhocks.
There are roses, fox-gloves, and forget-me-knots,
in an English country garden.

How many insects find their homes
in an English country garden.
I'll tell you now of some that I know,
and those I miss, you'll surely pardon.
Dragonflies, moths and bees,
spiders falling from the trees,
Butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze.
There are hedgehogs that roam
and little garden gnomes,
in an English country garden.

How many songbirds fly to and fro,
in an English country garden.
I'll tell you now of some that I know,
and those I miss, you'll surely pardon.
Babbling, coo-cooing doves,
robins and the warbling thrush,
Bluebirds, lark, finch and nightingale.
We all smile in the spring,
when the birds all start to sing
in an English country garden.