Gardening Songs???

Love grows where my Rosemary goes was by Edison Lighthouse.

What about the beautiful instrumental - Song From A Secret Garden by Secret Garden? Can we include instrumental songs?
'Octopus's Garden' by youknowwho!
'Strawberry Fields' - yeah yeah yeah
'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme' - Simon & Garfunkel
'I'm A Lonely Little Petunia In An Onion Patch' from the Bambi movie.
'Where The Green Grass Grows' - Tim McGraw
'I Never Promised You A Rose Garden' - Lynn Anderson

The Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones.
An English Country Garden - don't know who sang it.
Yes we have no Bananas

All around my hat, I will wear the green willow

'For The Roses' - Joni Mitchell
'My Wild Irish Rose'
'Morning Glory' - Oasis
'Edelweiss' - Julie Andrews
'Build Me Up Buttercup' - Foundations
'Flowers Of The Forest' - Traditional
'Down By The Sally Gardens' - Traditional Celtic
'English Country Garden' - Percy Grainger
'Trees' - Paul Robeson
'Home Among The Gum Trees' - John Williamson
'Kookaburra Sits In An Old Gum Tree'

uuumm....uuummm....give me long enough!

i beg your pardon, i never promised you a rose garden, along where the sun shines there`s got to a little rain sometimes lol i could sing that forever

Lyn Anderson, San, i liked that one too :)

I think my contribution is 'Raindrops keep falling on my head'...Sacha Distel??

And what was that very first song played on Radio 1 when it first came on air? That was about rain, as well.

Let's be positive...

'Here comes the Sun'....Beatles...

Lavenders Blue Dilly Dilly

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

Mary Mary Quite contrary
How does your garden grow ?

Blackberry Way - can't remember who sang it - it was in the 60s

Instrumentals are fine, we don't HAVE to sing them, Bernieh! Some great choices!
Spritz, I think we'll need a separate blog for Weather songs.
Hywel, Blackberry Way was by the move (a Lennon/McCartney song). The Edison Lighthouse one was bugging me, thanks
Sanbaz, I KNEW you would go for that one!! Lol!
What have I started? Right Morgana, where's your contribution/ :~)))

Blackberry Way was recorded by The Move - they also had a song called Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree.
Then of course there's the nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons

We must have been adding that one at the same time, Andrew!
Ooh! Lilac wine, Elkie Brooks!

rasberry beret, prince.. a favourite of mine, and green green grass of home,think by tom jones

Oh yes - the Move I remember now.

I've heard Katie Melua sing Lilac Wine. I have it on a cd.

'I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch' :o)

i really love her voice hywel, so relaxing,,

Yes I like her too.

Yep, I prefer her version to the original, .....don't often say that! Have we got "Strawberry Fields" ?

Yeah - I added that one Madperth. I've just thought of another one (although it's a protest song!)
'From Little Things Big Things Grow' - Paul Kelly.

Good one!

Lol...great blog Madperth :))

How about "You don't bring me flowers"- Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand...
And of course,"Daisy , Daisy...give me your answer do..." :)

Peter, Paul and Mary's "Lemon Tree"

It's all your fault, Di! Look what you've started!!
Like these ones too!
I remember Lemon Tree, Kmc! Loved it!
The Banana Boat song????

How could i forget???? Mama Loved The Roses, by Elvis!

Tulips from Amsterdam .
Where have all the flowers gone - Joan Baez

Come on you lot - aren't there ANY CFM or Radio 3 listeners?
How about "The Flowers that bloom in the Spring " from dear old G. and S ....and the "Flower Duet" by Delibes.
Now then - that's stopped your gallop!! It's stopped mine too...So I dare you - as I can't think of any more! LOL

Rambling Rose x Nat King Cole,O Rose Marie I Love You x Slim Whitman,White Rose of Athens x Nana Mouscouri, The Four Carnations and Poison Ivy x, Coasters,Orchids in America x Kym Wilde and The Rose x Bette Midler .,Cant you tell its another wet day,lol..........

Orchids In America????????? That's pushing it a bit! LMAO!!! ;~))

Well done, Alzheimer! Nah, I'm a philistine!
You could maybe put in Vivaldi's Four Seasons tho!
Yep, a wet day here so all together now.......".I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain, feeling the power of the rain making the garden grow" or we could take a trip to Itchycoo Park!

Brilliant...all in the one day here too!! Flamin' rain...grrr!

tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree, by dawn,
crackling rose by neil diamond

You're on a roll, San!

lol mad... im tired to couldnt sleep lastnight, baz and my brother up late talking, well shouting with the drink lol then could hear my brother snoring all night grrr, so they have gone to take the kids to blackpool tower for the afternoon, peace and quiet

Poor you! My back is agony after dismanling that kitchen & moving furniture, let me dig flower beds anytime!

its damn hard work mad... ive been there when i moved in here with baz , but worth it because he was still living in the 70`s lol, but watch your back, take your time

I will, a friend's coming round to help me put stuff in the attic, so it'll be a lot easier with two doing it! It's the lack of places to put anything that's the biggest problem!

Dont remember that one, Spritz! Lol! ;~))

How about.....'Acer' Spades - Motorhead..Lol!

Blaaarrrrrrggggggggh! That was bad OB! I suppose the spades fits tho!

Ring a ring of roses...........

Does 'May the bird of paradise fly up your nose' count? It was by Little Jimmie Dickens, I think.

yes little Jimmie Dickens is correct on that one Gee...lol I vote for it to count LOL

So do I Gee, & it's my blog, so it's in! I remember it as being by Sidney Devine (Yecccch!!)

Wasn't there an old song, "Come in to the Garden Maud?"

Yep, I think my grandad used to sing that, it was awful!! :~))

You just sent me my 300th inbox message, Andrew!

A White Sport coat and a pink carnation (who on earth sang that? We'll gather lilacs in the Spring again - Nelson Eddy and Deanna Durbin I think, and didn't Harry Neilson sing the Coconut Song.

Very good Ginellie! Not sure who it was!
Yep, Nielson did do the coconut song!

Just checked, Ginellie, it was Marty Robbins!

That's the one Madperth. And then there was Nina Simone with Forbidden Fruits - Eve and Adam had a garden etc.

I can't believe no-one has mentioned "Lily the Pink" by Scaffold!
And my parents had a 78 (remember them?) with someone singing "Yellow Rose of Texas"

How could we forget that one??!!

My brother always thought it was 'Lily the Pig' and we couldn't convince him otherwise.

Yeah, mine too! Wierd!

Was it Nina Simone or Billie Holiday who did Strange Fruit??

Just trawled through some golden oldies here:
"Lavender" by Merillion (don't remember that one but I've got it somewere)
"Thorn In My Side " by the Eurythmics

Alzheimer - didn't Tchaikovsky write a Waltz of the Flowers?

I had Lavender Andrew but forgot Thorn In My side. I think you're right about the Waltz of the flowers, but it justy made me remember Terry Wogan's Floral Dance!
And of course, Elvis Costello's A Good Year For The Roses!

Elvis Costello pinched it from a proper country singer, George Jones :)

Johnny Ray (does anyone else remember him?) sang a song called 'Sow a little seed'.

I vaguely remember him, maybe my dad will. Did he do Johnny Remember Me? I have heard of George Jones tho!

The Move flowers in the rain, I m just sitting watching flowers in the rain makeing the garden grow which is apt for the weather I am getting lol. Lily the Pink by the Scaffold ,build me up buttercup by foundations,bed of roses by Bon jovi,Morning glory by Oasis, London Pride noel Coward, Forget me not,by Patrice Rushen, Tiger lily La by Roux, Tip toe throught the tulipsby Tiny tim, Wild flower by skylark, Marrigold by Nivana

Yep, I was leading everyone with that one this afternoon!

Also I heard it through the grape vine Marvin Gaye

yes, I think we're starting to run out of garden songs now! Its been quite a laugh though!

Christmas trees by the bee gees, black roses by Anastasia

Very Good!

Flowers on the wall Saltler Brothers.

You're on a roll!

Heather and tulips by peri como

Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
Autumn Leaves - ditto + many other singers

Hmmmmmm! I couldn't remember the title of that one! Great stuff!

yes Sting sings fields of gold too one of my favourite songs.

Prefer Eva Cassidy singing it, but it's the only one I like her singing! Cant stand her version of somewhere over the rainbow!

no nor me

Me neither, much preferred Judy Garland and I have a lovely version by the late Mat Monroe.

Yes, I've heard it! He had such a smooth voice!

Just thought of another song - Paper Roses by Donny and Marie Osmond :-)

Hee hee! It was just Marie! & it should've been called Paper Woses, cos that's what she sang!!!

I Can Hear The Grass Grow - The Move
Blackberry Way - The Move

Very Good!

Cherry Blossom Clinic - The Move
Lilly The Pink - The Scaffolds
Beds Of Roses - Bon Jovi
Blossom - James Taylor
Wildwood Flower - Johnny Cash & June Carter
Cherry Cherry - Niel Diamond
Need A Little Time - The Beautiful South
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More - Walker Brothers
The Prickly Bush - The Fureys
Cherry Red - Little Richard
It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones

Already had bed of roses!
Walker bros? WEATHER!
Why the stones one?
:~))

Coz it's all over for me... Can't think anymore LOL !!!!!!!!!
Oh just thought...And The Sun Will Shine - Jose Feliciano

LOL!

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More - Walker Brothers
You need the sun for the plants...LOL

OK I'll let you away with that, just this once!!

Oh fanks, most kind....... I'll extra careful next time LOL
No TLC around here hahahaha!!!!!!!!!

So you should! LOL!
I have to be vigilant you know! :~)))

You better not see the British Summer Weather Songs then......ooooops shouldn't have said that !!!

I just did!

Well, I'm off to bed....nite nite. Had a good time for sure :-)

Good Night, Sweet Dreams!