Topic: THE GARDEN SONG

[betula]

Heard this on a garden prog on tv tonight.Ireally like it.

The Garden Song
sung by John Denver on The Muppet Show
also available on the album "Ol' Brown Ears is Back", Rowlf The Dog's album
written by David Mallett

Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
'Til the rain comes tumbling down

Pulling weeds and pickin' stones
Man is made from dreams and bones
Feel the need to grow my own
'Cause the time is close at hand
Grain for grain, sun and rain
Find my way in nature's chain
To my body and my brain
To the music from the land

Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
'Til the rain comes tumbling down

Plant your rows straight and long
Thicker than with pray'r and song
Mother Earth will make you strong
If you give her love and care
Old crow watchin' hungrily
From his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I'm as free
As that feathered thief up there

Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless the seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
'Til the rain comes tumbling down

'Til the rain comes tumbling down

Transcribed by Jogchem Jalink



The Garden Song
sung by Arlo Guthrie, independently of Sesame Street

Inch by inch
Row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch
Row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone keep them safe below
Till the rains come a-tumblin' down

Slug by slug, weed by weed
Boy this garden's got me t'd
All the insects come to feed
On my tomato plants

Sunburt face, skinned up knees
The kitchen's chocked with zucchinis
I'm shopping at the A&P's
Next time I get the chance

Old crow watching from a tree
He's got his hungry eye on me
In my garden I'm as free
As that feathered thief up there

Transcribed by Elizabeth Starin and a friend of the archive

[betula]

I quite like this version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90qRE2F7CM

[betula]

Hmmm 95 views and no comments.Did not think my taste in music was that bad :(

Someone must like it..............surely ??? ;D ;D ;D

[Unwashed]

Hi Betula, it was this thread that got me thinking.  The Garden Song is, erm, err, it's not really my thing - and I listened to John Denver, Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger just to make sure!

[betula]

Anything Pete Seeger does is ok with me. ;D

And John Denver come to that,my other half is a folk person and he likes it ;D

I particularly liked John Denvers singing flowers :P

[caroline7758]

Anything Pete Seeger does is ok with me. ;D

I was listening to a programme about his life while I was at the plot at the weekend. Really inspired me to keep on weeding!