ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN
(Traditional)

Jimmie Rodgers - 1962

Also recorded by: Nana Mouskouri; Rolf Harris;
Bill Garden Orch; Brothert Jack McDuff Big Band.



How many kinds of sweet flowers grow
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Daffodils, heart's ease and flox
Meadowsweet and lady smocks
Gentian, lupine and tall hollihocks
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots
In an English country garden

How many insects come here and go
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Fireflies, moths, gnats and bees
Spiders climbing in the trees
Butterflies drift in the gentle breeze
There are snakes, ants that sting
And other creeping things
In an English country garden

How many songbirds fly to and fro
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Bobolink, cuckoo and quail
Tanager and cardinal
Bluebird, lark, thrush and nightingale
There is joy in the spring
When the birds begin to sing
In an English country garden

How many kinds of sweet flowers grow
In an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know
Those we miss you'll surely pardon
Daffodils, heart's ease and flox
Meadowsweet and lady smocks
Gentain, lupine and tall hollihocks
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots
In an English country garden


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As recorded by JIMMIE RODGERS:


How many kinds of sweet flowers 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, heart's ease and flox
Meadowsweet and lady smocks
Gentain, lupine and tall hollihocks
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, forget-me-nots
In an English country garden
(In an English country garden)

How many insects come here and go
Through our English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some that I know
And those I miss you'll surely pardon
Fireflies, moths and bees
Spiders climbing in the trees
Butterflies that sway on the cool gentle breeze
Their are snakes, ants that sting
And creeping things
In an English country garden
(In an English country garden)

How many songbirds fly to and fro
Through our English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some that I know
And those I miss you'll surely pardon
Bobolink, cuckoo and quail
Tanager and cardinal
Bluebird, lark, thrush and nightingale
There is joy in the spring
When the birds begin to sing
In an English country garden
(In an English country garden)

Robin (Robin, robin)
Don't forget the robin (Don't forget the robin)
Robin (Robin, robin)
Don't forget the robin
(Whistle........FADE)


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As recorded by ROLF HARRIS
(Traditional - Re-arranged by Robert Jordan & Cecil Sharp):


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, heart's ease and flox
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
Litter, garbage in the yards
Little doggies' calling cards
One scraggy rosebud peering through the weeds
For they've all downed tools
While they do their football pools
In an English country garden

Market, join the Common Market
Market, join the Common Market.....FADE


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2006)


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