The Gardener's Hymn.
All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all
But what we never mention
Though gardeners know it's true
Is when he made the good things
He made the bad things too
All things spray and swattable
Disasters great and small
All things paraquatable
The Lord God made them all
The greenfly on the roses
The maggots in the peas
Manure that fills our noses
He also gave us these
All things spray .......
The fungus on the goose-gogs
The club root on the greens
The slugs that eat the lettuce
And chew the aubergines
All things spray.......
The drought that kills the fuchias
The frost that nips the buds
The rain that drowns the seedling
The blight that hits the spuds
All things spray.........
The midges and mosquitoes
The nettles and the weeds
The pigeons at the green stuff
The sparrows on the seeds
All things spray........
The fly that gets the carrot
The wasp that eats the plums
How black the gardener's outlook
Though green may be his thumbs
All things spray.......
But still we gardeners labour
Midst vegetables and flowers
And pray what hits our neighbours
Will somehow bypass ours
All things spray.......