Garden Song
Inch by inch, row by row
gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
and a piece of fertile ground.
Inch by inch, row by row
someone bless these seeds I sow.
Someone warm them from below
'til the rain comes tumblin' down
Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones
man is made of dreams and bones
Feel the need to grow my own
'cause the time is close at hand
Grain for grain, sun and rain,
find my way in nature's chain
Tune by body and my brain
to the music from the land.
Plant your rows, straight and long
temper them with prayer and song,
Mother Earth will make you strong
if you give her love and care.
Old crow watching hungrily
from his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I'm as free
as that feathered thief up there.