How many kinds of sweet flowers grow in an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know, those we miss you'll surely pardon.
Daffodils, hot season flocks, meadowsweet and lady smocks,
Gentine, lupine and tall hollyhocks, roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots,
in an English country garden.
How many insects come here and go in an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know, those we miss you'll surely pardon.
Fireflies, moss, gnats and bees, spiders climbing in the trees,
Butterflies drift in the gentle breeze,
There are snakes, ants that sting, and other creeping things in an English country garden.
How many songbirds fly to and fro in an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know,
Those we miss you'll surely pardon.
Bobolink, cuckoo and quail, tanager and cardinal,
Bluebird, lark, thrush and nightingale,
There is joy in the spring when the birds begin to sing,
In an English country garden.
How many insects come here and go in an English country garden?
We'll tell you now of some that we know, Those we miss you'll surely pardon.
Fireflies, moss, gnats and flowers, roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots,

We'll tell you now of some that we know, Those we miss you'll surely pardon.
In an English country garden.
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