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English Country Garden

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Source: words and music by Robert M Jordan, adapted from the Morris Dance "Country Gardens" collected by Cecil J Sharp
Published by: Michael Brent Publications Inc. 230743

Theme:  Spring program.  Cross curricular - names of flowers/insects/birds

Voicing: Unison, with piano accompaniment. 
Key: C major
Vocal Range: 










Meter, Time Signature, Tempo
: 4/4 - keep it light
Notes: 
A,A,B,A - a descending motif from C5, the middle section has the lone D5. 
Opportunity for glockenspiel, or chime bar, or xylophone (E,G, A, C)
Question suggestion from the source:
Can you find the name of a flower for every letter of the alphabet?  Write them down.
What are all the jobs a gardener has to do?  Where does a gardener work?
Collect pictures of flowers and make a collage. 


Words
How many gentle flowers grow
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some I know
And those I miss I hope you'll pardon.
Daffodils, hearts-ease and phlox,
Meadow-sweet and lilies, stocks,
Gentle lupin and tall hollyhocks,
Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, forget-me-nots
In an English Country Garden

How many insects find their home
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some I know
And those I miss I hope you'll pardon.
Dragonflies, moths and bees, 
Spiders falling from the trees,
Butterflies sway in the mild, gentle breeze,
There are hedgehogs that roam and little gnomes
In an English country garden.

How many songbirds make their nests
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some I know
And those I miss I hope you'll pardon.
Bab-bl-ing coo-cooing doves,
Robins and the warbling thrush,
Bluebird, lark, finch and nightingale
We all smile in the spring when the birds all start to sing
In an English country garden.

Percy Grainger's 'English Country Garden'
Orchestral English Country Garden, with percussion!
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