Song of the Garden
The Mamas & The Papas - Safe In My Garden
The Garden by Eddie Watkins Jr.
The Garden Song by Dave Mallet
"Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975. The song has become a part of American folklore since being recorded by the Muppets in 1995.[1] The song has been also recorded by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Pete Seeger, David LaMotte, and Arlo Guthrie.[2] The version of "Garden Song" covered by John Denver made the national charts.[3] The song also inspired a book called Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni in 1995.[4]
The Garden Song by Bobby McFerrin
I Am The Earth - music & lyrics by Glyn Lehmann
Swingle singers come live with me
come be my love 2
come live with me anne lenox
The Mamas & The Papas - Safe In My Garden
The Garden by Eddie Watkins Jr.
The Garden Song by Dave Mallet
"Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975. The song has become a part of American folklore since being recorded by the Muppets in 1995.[1] The song has been also recorded by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Pete Seeger, David LaMotte, and Arlo Guthrie.[2] The version of "Garden Song" covered by John Denver made the national charts.[3] The song also inspired a book called Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni in 1995.[4]
The Garden Song by Bobby McFerrin
Swingle singers come live with me
come be my love 2
come live with me anne lenox
Greg Brown \ Canned Goods
June Tabor \ The Gardener
Robyn Landis Roots
ROBYN_LANDIS-Roots
Carl Martin wrote a lovely silly song called "The Barnyard Dance" that Steve Goodman used to sing:
Peppers and Tomatoes by Ralph McTell
Mango by Earl Okin
Harvest time Lonesome River Band
The Walk to the Paradise Garden Delius
"Homegrown Tomatoes" by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Plow to the End of the Row Adriene Young
The Tomato Vendetta" by Mason Williams performed by Jenn Kooi
The Anti-Garden Song by Eric Kilburn parody of Dave Mallots Garden Song sung by
Amy Carlson
Call any vegetable Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
| LITTLE POTATO Written by Malcolm Dalglish Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Tiny Tim I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch by Arthur Godfrey The Vegetable Song (the Barnyard dance) It was late one nite by the pale moonlight all the vegetables gave a spree; they put out a sign that said the dancing's at nine and all the admission was free, there was peas and greens and cabbage and beans it was the biggest crowd you ever did see; and when mister cucumber struck up that number you should have heard those vegetables screams Oh little turnip top was doin' the backwards flop the cabbage is doin' the shimmy, she couldn't stop the little red beet shook its feet and the watermelon died of the cockeyed heat; little tomato, agitator, shook the shimmy with the sweet potato and old man garlic dropped dead of the colic down at the barnyard dance late this morning. down at the barnyard dance. (instrumental bridge) Oh little turnip top was doin' the backwards flop the cabbage is doin' the shimmy, she couldn't stop the little red beet shook its feet and the watermelon died of the cockeyed heat; little tomato, agitator, shook the shimmy with the sweet potato and old man garlic dropped dead of the colic down at the barnyard dance late this morning. down at the barnyard... late this morning. down at the barnyard dance. Posted by: Vicky Jones at November 1, 2007 10:16 PM
I also love Stan Rogers' "Field Behind the Plow":
Watch the field behind the plow turn to straight, dark rows Feel the trickle in your clothes, blow the dust cake from your nose Hear the tractor's steady roar, Oh you can't stop now There's a quarter section more or less to go And it figures that the rain keeps its own sweet time You can watch it come for miles, but you guess you've got a while So ease the throttle out a hair, every rod's a gain And there's victory in every quarter mile Poor old Kuzyk down the road The heartache, hail and hoppers brought him down He gave it up and went to town And Emmett Pierce the other day Took a heart attack and died at forty two You could see it coming on 'cause he worked as hard as you In an hour, maybe more, you'll be wet clear through The air is cooler now, pull you hat brim further down And watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows Put another season's promise in the ground And if the harvest's any good The money just might cover all the loans You've mortgaged all you own Buy the kids a winter coat Take the wife back east for Christmas if you can All summer she hangs on when you're so tied to the land For the good times come and go, but at least there's rain So this won't be barren ground when September rolls around So watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows Put another season's promise in the ground Watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows Put another season's promise in the ground
Tomato Pudding by Jeff Daniels
Posted by: Nina Gray at November 2, 2007 12:41 AM
Try this one: Stephanie Davis sings her "Harvest Blues." I heard it
on 03 Nov on 'Prairie Home Companion' and its both true (of all of us
gardeners) and a great story at the same time. As one who can't wait
until the first catalogs of December come rolling in for next spring's
plants, a song or two always help me rationalize my addiction to my
gardening.
good luck, Home Grown Tomatos Home Grown Tomatoes - Guy Clark Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes Get you a ripe one don't get a hard one Plant `em in the spring eat `em in the summer All winter with out `em's a culinary bummer I forget all about the sweatin' & diggin' Every time I go out & pick me a big one Homegrown tomatoes homegrown tomatoes What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes Only two things that money can't buy That's true love & homegrown tomatoes You can go out to eat & that's for sure But it's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure Put `em in a salad, put `em in a stew You can make your very own tomato juice Eat `em with eggs, eat `em with gravy Eat `em with beans, pinto or navy Put `em on the site put `em in the middle Put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle If I's to change this life I lead I'd be Johnny Tomato Seed `Cause I know what this country needs Homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see When I die don't bury me In a box in a cemetery Out in the garden would be much better I could be pushin' up homegrown tomatoes Posted by: JoLynn Braswell at November 11, 2007 7:06 AM
As a Chicagoan I felt compelled to offer this one:
THE EGGPLANT THAT ATE CHICAGO (Norman Greenbaum) Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago, For he may eat your city soon. You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago, If he's still hungry, the whole country's doomed. He came from outer space, lookin' for somethin' to eat. He landed in Chicago. He thought Chicago was a treat. (It was sweet, it was just like suger) You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago, For he may eat your city soon (wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do) You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago, If he's still hungry, the whole country's doomed. kazoo solo He came from outer space, lookin' for somethin' to eat. He landed in Chicago. He thought Chicago was a treat. (It was sweet, it was just like suger) You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago, For he may eat your city soon (wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do) You'd better watch out for the eggplant that ate Chicago, If he's still hungry, the whole country's doomed ("it's in trouble!") If he's still hungry, the whole country's doomed Posted by: Lyn Rowe at November 15, 2007 9:47 AM
Always loved a good "wacka-do" song!
Posted by: JoLynn Braswell at November 28, 2007 3:52 AM
Try the Albion Band with Chris Baines. "Why have you stolen our Earth" See http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/guvnor/records/thewildsideoftown.html
Features Ashley Hutchins- saw him with latest lineup "Rainbow Chasers" last Sunday Posted by: Chris Whitworth at December 14, 2007 7:41 AM
Also, "A place called England" by June Tabor on A Quiet Eye (1999)
And A proper sort of Gardener. Maggie Holland 1992 Posted by: Chris Whitworth at December 14, 2007 7:51 AM
Lest anyone forget - "Hang On Little Tomato" by Thomas Lauderdale and performed by Pink Martini.
Hang On Little Tomato The sun has left and forgotten me It's dark, I cannot see Why does this rain pour down I'm gonna drown In a sea Of deep confusion Somebody told me, I don't know who Whenever you are sad and blue And you're feelin' all alone and left behind Just take a look inside and you will find You gotta hold on, hold on through the night Hang on, things will be all right Even when it's dark And not a bit of sparkling Sing-song sunshine from above Spreading rays of sunny love Just hang on, hang on to the vine Stay on, soon you'll be divine If you start to cry, look up to the sky Something's coming up ahead To turn your tears to dew instead And so I hold on to his advice When change is hard and not so nice You listen to your heart the whole night through Your sunny someday will come one day soon to you Posted by: Michael Peterson at January 28, 2008 12:41 PM
I'm looking for the lyrics to Dillon Bustin's song "Gardening"
Help? Posted by: Barbara Lubell at April 16, 2009 10:56 PM
Here you go -- courtesy of the author's website, at http://www.dillonbustin.net
Gardening By Dillon Bustin Recorded by Malcolm Dalglish, Grey Larsen and Pete Sutherland on "Root Crops & Ground Cover," cassette release circa late 1970s oh my friends it's springtime again buds are swelling of every limb the peepers do call small birds do sing and my thoughts return to gardening gardening is a very fine art bear well in mind before you start lay up your ax your saw blade also and take down you spade your rake and your hoe polish your hoe till the blade it does shine likewise your rake and sharpen each tine dress up your spade with a light coat of oil then you are ready to prepare your soil prepare your soil with a good free will bear well in mind what you may till some compost and lime are all that you need then you are ready to plant your seed plant your seed but none too soon bear well in mind the phase of the moon set out the fruit the roots and the grain and hop it all sprouts in the cool early rain if the cool early rain don't drown you out the first hot spell will bring on the drought the midsummer sun is hotter than hell mulch down your rows and you water them well water them well and then them also beware of weeds and beetles and crows if you work every day then little is lost just hope it all ripens before the first frost the first frost will come as sure as sin then you must hasten to gather it in by cartloads and bushels by pecks and quarts your harvest of fruit and grain of all sorts all sorts of peaches and apples and sheat oats and rye and strawberries sweet squashes and melons with colorful rinds your harvest of vegetable roots of all kinds all kinds of turnips and carrots and beets potatoes tomatoes and strong smelling leeks cabbage and coan the beans and the hay then you must carefully store it away away in the cellars and lofts and bins make cider and kraut pickles and gin if you do idt all well then you'll not go wrong you will have plenty all winter long all winter long while the cold winds blow take down your saw and wood cutting go if you're well fed and warm be well content then till warm weather comes and you say to your friends oh my friends it's springtime again buds are swelling on every limb the peepers do call small birds do sing and my thoughts return to gardening Posted by: Peter Kelley at April 25, 2010 2:13 PM
whoops, typo at the start of the 7th verse, above. I think it should be:
water them well and thin them also Posted by: Peter Kelley at April 25, 2010 2:35 PM
also it's wheat in the 9th verse, and corn in the 11th verse (just sang it through!)
Posted by: Peter Kelley at April 25, 2010 2:43 PM
CORRECTED LYRICS TO GARDENING
By Dillon Bustin Now well and truly corrected by the author, here are the lyrics to Gardening as they appeared on the original liner notes: oh my friends it's springtime again buds are swelling on every limb the peepers do call small birds do sing and my thoughts return to gardening gardening is a very fine art bear well in mind before you start lay up your ax your saw blade also and take down your spade your rake and your hoe polish your hoe till the blade it does shine likewise your rake and sharpen each tine dress up your spade with a light coat of oil then you are ready to prepare your soil prepare your soil with a good free will bear well in mind what you may till some compost and lime are all that you need then you are ready to plant your seed plant your seed but none too soon bear well in mind the phase of the moon set out the fruit the roots and the grain and hope it all sprouts in the cool early rain if the cool early rain don't drown you out the first hot spell will bring on a drought the midsummer sun is hotter than hell mulch down your rows and you water them well water them well and thin them also beware of weeds and beetles and crows if you work every day then little is lost just hope it all ripens before the first frost the first frost will come as sure as sin then you must hasten to gather it in by cartloads and bushels by pecks and quarts your harvest of fruit and grain of all sorts all sorts of peaches and apples and wheat oats and rye and strawberries sweet squashes and melons with colorful rinds your harvest of vegetable roots of all kinds all kinds of turnips and carrots and beets potatoes tomatoes and strong smelling leeks cabbage and corn the beans and the hay then yo Ruth Moody's title cut on "The Garden" Babes With Axes - The Rootless Way - WOW LIVE BABES!/self Scott Marrs - The Gardener - SATURDAY MORNING/Gable Lane June Tabor - A Proper Sort of Gardner - ALEYN/Green Linnet Kat Eggleston - My Father's Garden - SECOND NATURE/Waterbug Leslie Tucker - KB's Garden - IN THIS ROOM/Compass Colin McGrath - Meadows - COLIN MCGRATH/self Casey Neill Trio - Emma's Garden - SKREE/Appleseed Rosalie Sorrels - Ragweed Ruth - BORDERLINE HEART/Green Linnet Freyda & Acoustic AttaTude - Garden of Mysteries - MIDNIGHT AT CABELL HALL /Red House Bill Staines - Secret Garden - BRIDGES/Coffeehouse Extempore Mimi Farina - Walk Me 'Round Your Garden - SOLO/Philo Tom Paxton - Whose Garden Was This? - THE VERY BEST OF.../Flying Fish Malvina Reynolds - If You Love Me - HELD OVER/Cassandra June Tabor - The Rose is White, the Rose is Red/Dargason - ROSA MUNDI /Green Linnet Diane Zeigler - Holy Ground - THESE ARE THE ROOTS/dianezeigler.com Dave Mallett - The Garden Song - INCHES AND MILES/Flying Fish Kathy Mattea - Seeds - LONESOME STANDARD TIME/Mercury John McCutcheon - Family Garden - FAMILY GARDEN/Rounder Tim O'Brien, w/ Paul Brady - Down in the Willow Garden - THE CROSSING/Alula Vivian's Keeper - Garden Gate - ONE STEP CLOSER/vivianskeeper.com Ron Renninger - Flowers in the Sidewalk - ANOTHER KITE TO FLY/Vienna Virginia Magda Hiller - Family Planting Day - DELICATE CYCLE/little silver Claire Lynch - These Flowers - LOVE LIGHT/Rounder Richard Shindell - Wisteria - SOMEWHERE NEAR PATERSON/Signature aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |
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