Rolf Harris and English Country Garden is a superb song to put images to ... like all the flowers ... all the rum gardens ... all the insects ... and 'specially the last bit about the common market ... it is a song that really depicts the times that it was recorded in ... the seventies ... with its three day weeks ... electricity rotas ... stopping unions striking ... and sending our country up the swaneey ... where we totally are now. Oh yeh, I forgot ... also the laying of of labour ... some of it was for the better but I feel the majority was a load of old cobblers ... Now for the lyrics ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN Country Gardens is an English folk tune collected by Cecil Sharp and arranged for piano in 1918 by Percy Grainger. The tune was used in 1728 in The Quaker's Opera and for the song The Vicar of Bray.( but this might be a load of old bullocks) Also recorded by: Nana Mouskouri; Bill Garden Orchestra; Brother Jack McDuff Big Band. 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 flocks 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 ...
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