Inch by Inch (Garden Song)
Thanks to Megan Burns, who sent me this 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,
- 'Till 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 my 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 loving care.
An old crow watching hungrily
- From his perch in yonder tree,
- In my garden I'm as free
- As that feathered thief up there.