Mister Bell’s from a foreign place
His family all were farmers
He arrived from across the sea
And came to be next door
And he works his land
With a knowing hand
Though it’s very small
He makes it grow so well
In the changing garden of Mi — ster Bell
These are asters and eidelweiss
And rows and rows of ro — ses
Those are hives in the dogwood trees
For bees to come and go
It’s a wondrous sight
in the morning light
And the earth is full
Every color every smell
In the changing garden of Mi — ster Bell
I once saw a photograph
upon his mantel shelf
Of a beautiful lady
a child in her arms
And the young Mister Bell himself
I wondered out loud about them
And he answered in the strangest way
he just said ‘look,
See how the garden grows
It’s always changing, e —— v’ry day’
Mister Bell has his morning tea
and I will bring his pa — per
See the sun through the curtain lace
dapple his face and hands
every day is new
there is much to do
life’s a mystery
full of secrets that might tell
In the changing garden of Mi — ster Bell
In the changing garden of Mi — ster Bell