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Thread #136538   Message #3118817
Posted By: Acorn4
22-Mar-11 - 05:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: English Country Garden - parodies
Subject: Lyr Add: ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN (Rolf Harris)
found it:-


ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN
(Traditional - Re-arranged by Robert Jordan & Cecil Sharp):
As recorded by Rolf Harris

How many gentle flowers grow
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some of them I know
And those I miss you'll surely pardon:
Daffodils and season(?) phlox
Meadowsweet and lilies, stocks
Gentle lupins and tall hollyhocks
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops and forget-me-nots
In an English country garden

How many insects build their homes
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some of them I know,
And those I miss I trust you will pardon:
Dragonflies and moths and bees
Spiders falling from the trees
Butterflies sway in the cool gentle breeze
There are wasps' empty homes
And tiny little gnomes
In an English country garden.

How many songbirds.....

SPOKEN: Actually, I've seen some of these gardens they talk about.
And the sort of impression you get is that it's....

Wet underfoot and the leaves are thick with soot
In an English country garden.
Newspapers torn and strewn across the lawn
In an English country garden.
Littered garbage in the yards,
Little doggies' calling cards,
One scraggy rosebud peering through the weeds,
For they've all downed tools
While they fill their football pools
In an English country garden.

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