Misc Traditional – English Country Garden (Guitar)

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There are various lyric versions to this song.These are the lyrics I usually use. I have also included an irreverent verse at the end which was included in a later version of this song! Verse 1
G        C      D       G                  Am      D  G
How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden

G             C      D              G                         Am          D  G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon

G                D               G                D
Daffodils hearts-ease and flocks meadow sweet and lilies stocks

G         A       D           
Gentle lupins and tall hollyhocks

D     G          C         D         G                   Am      D  G
Roses fox-gloves snowdrops forget-me-knots in an English country garden
Verse 2
G        C       D          G                  Am      D  G
How many insects find their home in an English country garden

G             C      D              G                          Am          D  G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know, and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon

G           D              G               D          
Dragonflies moths and bees spiders falling from the trees

G           A           D  
Butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze

D         G              C        D             G                    Am      D  G
There are hedgehogs that roam and little garden gnomes in an English country garden
Verse 3
G        C          D          G                  Am      D  G
How many song-birds make their nest in an English country garden

G             C      D              G                         Am          D  G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon

G            D            G               D
Babbling coo-cooing doves cuckoos and the warbling thrush

G          A          D
Blue birds lark finch and the nightingale

D      G            C               D                  G                  Am      D  G
We all smile in the spring when the birds all start to sing in an English country garden
Outro
G                      C
Robin don't forget the robin 

C     D                G                     
Robin don't forget the robin
Irreverent verse and outro add if you wish!
G        C            D                     G                  Am      D  G
Wet underfoot and the leaves are thick with soot in an English country garden

G          C        D                 G                  Am      D  G
Newspapers torn and strewn across the lawn in an English country garden

G              D            G               D
Litter garbage in the yards little doggies' calling cards

G           A       D
One scraggy rosebud peering through the weeds

D           G          C                D                 G                   Am      D  G
For they've all downed tools while they do their football pools in an English country garden

G                      C
Market join the Common Market

C      D               G           
Market join the Common Market