There are various lyric versions to this song.These are the lyrics I usually use.
I have also included an irreverent verse at the end which was included in a later
version of this song!
Verse 1
G C D G Am D G
How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden
G C D G Am D G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
G D G D
Daffodils hearts-ease and flocks meadow sweet and lilies stocks
G A D
Gentle lupins and tall hollyhocks
D G C D G Am D G
Roses fox-gloves snowdrops forget-me-knots in an English country garden
Verse 2
G C D G Am D G
How many insects find their home in an English country garden
G C D G Am D G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know, and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
G D G D
Dragonflies moths and bees spiders falling from the trees
G A D
Butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze
D G C D G Am D G
There are hedgehogs that roam and little garden gnomes in an English country garden
Verse 3
G C D G Am D G
How many song-birds make their nest in an English country garden
G C D G Am D G
I'll tell you now of some of them I know and those I miss I'm sure you'll pardon
G D G D
Babbling coo-cooing doves cuckoos and the warbling thrush
G A D
Blue birds lark finch and the nightingale
D G C D G Am D G
We all smile in the spring when the birds all start to sing in an English country garden
Outro
G C
Robin don't forget the robin
C D G
Robin don't forget the robin
Irreverent verse and outro add if you wish!
G C D G Am D G
Wet underfoot and the leaves are thick with soot in an English country garden
G C D G Am D G
Newspapers torn and strewn across the lawn in an English country garden
G D G D
Litter garbage in the yards little doggies' calling cards
G A D
One scraggy rosebud peering through the weeds
D G C D G Am D G
For they've all downed tools while they do their football pools in an English country garden
G C
Market join the Common Market
C D G
Market join the Common Market