I have adapted this classic song:
How many kinds of sweet flowers grow
In an English country garden?
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I have just heard Rolf Harris version of this on You Tube. Did you write the lyrics for him? There was another singer back int he 1960s who also sang it. I do hope you are getting the royalties as both songs are getting a lot of plays on You Tube!
I like your poems, nostalgia, humor and now community-service, enjoyable any way you put it. Read mine – Mitigation – Adeline
ciggie butts are the number one unwanted item in my yard.. Tobacco companies should be sued for creating a public nuisance. and the folks who toss them.. well, I'll bite my tongue - this is a family website..
You paint a very vivid picture Victoria unforunatly its also very true in some places do you remember the beautiful little train stations with hanging baskets of flowers oh! how i long for that bygone age sometimes a great write, regards Bob
Isn't it sad that people cannot now appreciate the beauty of 'The English Country Garden'. I cannot also understand their thinking it is alien to me. Well captured subject here, very enjoyable write albeit about litter and waste. Ha! Love and hugs Ernestine XXX
Hi I have just heard a Rolf Harris version of this on You Tube. Did you write the lyrics for him? There is also another version, going back to the early 1960s and I think another folk singer had a hit in the UK with it. I do hope you are getting paid royalties if you did write the lyrics, because the songs are getting a lot of playing on You Tube.