{t:English Country Garden}
{st:folk song}
{c:INTRO: (whistle first two lines of verse)}
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[G]How many [C]kinds of [D]sweet flowers [G]grow
In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den?
[G]I'll tell you [C]now of [D]some that I [G]know
And those I [G]miss you’ll [C]surely [D]par-[G]don
-(And those you [G]miss we’ll [C]surely [D]par-[G]don)
[G]Daffodil, heart's [D]ease and phlox
[G]Meadowsweet and [D]lady’s fox[G]Gentian [A7]lupin and [D]tall holly-[D7]hocks
Roses [G]foxgloves [C]snowdrops [D]forgetme-[G]nots
In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den
-(In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den)
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[G]How many [C]insects [D]come here and [G]go
Through our [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den?
[G]I'll tell you [C]now of [D]some that I [G]know
And those I [G]miss you’ll [C]surely [D]par-[G]don
-(And those you [G]miss we’ll [C]surely [D]par-[G]don)
[G]Fireflies [D]moths and bees
[G]Spiders climbing [D]in the trees[G]Butterflies that [A7]sway on the [D]cool gentle [D7]breeze
There are [G]snakes, ants that [C]sting [D]and creeping [G]things
In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den
-(In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den)
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[G]How many [C]songbirds [D]fly to and [G]fro
Through our [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den?
[G]I'll tell you [C]now of [D]some that I [G]know
And those I [G]miss you’ll [C]surely [D]par-[G]don
-(And those you [G]miss we’ll [C]surely [D]par-[G]don)
[G]Bobolink, cuck-[D]oo and quail, [G]tanager and [D]cardinal [G]Bluebird, [A7]lark… [D]thrush and nightin-[D7]gale
There is [G]joy in the [C]spring when the [D]birds begin to [G]sing
In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den
-(In an [G]English [C]country [D]gar-[G]den)
[G]Robin
[G](robin [D7]robin)
[D7]Don’t forget the [G]robin
[G](don’t forget the [G]robin [D7]robin)
[G]Robin
[G](robin [D7]robin)
[D7]Don’t forget the [G]Robin
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{t:English Country Garden}
