Key: G
Introduction:
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How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden
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I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
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Daffodils hearts-ease and flocks meadow sweet and lilies stocks
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Gentle lupins and tall hollyhocks
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Roses fox-gloves snowdrops forget-me-knots in an English country garden
verse 2
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How many insects find their home in an English country garden
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I'll tell you now of some of them I know, and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
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Dragonflies moths and bees spiders falling from the trees
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Butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze
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There are hedgehogs that roam and little garden gnomes in an English country garden
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How many song-birds make their nest in an English country garden
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I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
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Babbling coo-cooing doves cuckoos and the warbling thrush
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Blue birds lark finch and the nightingale
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We all smile in the spring when the birds all start to sing in an English country garden
Outro
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Robin don't forget the robin
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Robin don't forget the robin
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Wet underfoot and the leaves are thick with soot in an English country garden
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Newspapers torn and strewn across the lawn in an English country garden
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Litter garbage in the yards little doggies' calling cards
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One scraggy rosebud peering through the weeds
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For they've all downed tools while they do their football pools in an English country garden
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Market join the Common Market
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Market join the Common Market