The Garden Song - David Mallett

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

And inch by inch and row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below

Till the rain comes tumblin' down

And 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

And rain for grain sun and rain

Find my way in nature's chain

And tune my body and my brain

To the music from the land

Inch by inch and row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground

And inch by inch and row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

And someone warm them from below

Till the rain comes tumblin' down

Plant your rows straight and long

Temper them with prayer and song

And mother earth will make you strong

If you give her love and care

An old crow watchin' hungrily

From his perch in yonder tree

And in my garden I'm as free

As that feathered thief up there up there

Inch by inch and row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground

And inch by inch and row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below

Till the rain comes tumblin' down