English Country Garden

from Shut - Down Serenades (The Funnies) by Vollsanger

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Shut-Down Serenades from the Crimson Moon Tavern

Vollsanger sings a funny little ditty for St George's Day -

After research this parody was apparently written, in the late 60s, by Alan Twelvetree, resident and organiser of Peterborough (UK)Folk Club.
I thank him for it - I heard it on the radio aged about 12 and hurriedly wrote the words down.. I think Diz Disley was singing at the time...

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No kinds of flowers ever seem to grow
In my English country garden
Here are some unlikely reasons that I know
Which I hope you'll truly pardon
Thistles in the flowerbed, sparrow droppings on the shed
Stick to the walls and harden
Oh, why do the weeds all propagate their seeds
In my English country garden

(I had a look at an illustrated book
Showing every garden creature
But I've got a few too horrible to view
That the author dared not feature
Anaconda centipedes, Kamikaze bumble bees,
Even a vampire robin
It takes a gun not a spray to keep the pests at bay
In my English country garden.)

I don't believe that Adam and Eve
Would choose England for their garden,
I'll venture that they'd have swapped it for a flat,
If the Pope will truly pardon.
When Adam and the serpent met Adam took it for a pet,
Serpents can be domesticated yet,
But they'd never see the Beatles that have been
In my English country garden.

Oh how I feel thatI shall never be
A vegetable grower
So I've decided what I will do,
And to hell with Percy Thrower
Get a ton of broken bricks, and get some ready mix,
Spread it and let it harden
I contemplate a concrete estate
Not an English country garden.

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from Shut - Down Serenades (The Funnies), released May 25, 2020
Original written by Alan Twelvetree
Changed and adapted by Vollsanger

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Vollsanger Llanelli, UK

From the frozen wastes of Northern Norsca, Vollsanger was a Skald of the old tradition - a Bard schooled in the ancient songs and epic tales.
From the Skadi Mountains he found the Crimson Moon Tavern in a glade.

Seeing a new challenge, Vollsanger found a new life - selling a song for a copper and and entertaining the people in strange new lands

Winner of LARP Awards Bard of the Year 2018 - ... more

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