Today at brunch with my very musical Aunty and her curvaceous ukulele we sang a lovely rendition of "The Garden Song". This song has been covered by the likes of Arlo Gurthrie (see alternate anti-gardening words at the end), John Denver and until today, my favorite version by Peter Paul and Mary. This could be the theme song for our community garden. Read the words and let them sink in, they are lovely and honest, and then have your own family singalong:
Garden Song by David Mallett
Chorus
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
Verse
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
Verse
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
The Garden Song (Alternate Verse)
sung by Arlo Guthrie, independently of Sesame Street
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
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