Plant a hedge, cut it back

Dig a hole try to fill it

Plant a rose, tie it back

Find a mole, try to kill it



It's a maze this garden, it's a maze of ways

Any man can spend his day

It's a maze, this garden, it's a maze of paths

But a soul can find the way



For an old man knows how a year it goes

How the cold hard ground in the spring comes 'round

How the seeds take hold and the birds unfold

How an English garden grows



Skip, skipped the ladies to the master's gate

Sip, sipped the ladies while the master ate

Tiptoed the chambermaids and stole their pearls

Snip, snipped the gardener and cut off their curls



Come along, love, come fly away, fly along

Come along, fly away home

Come along, love, you've come a long way

You've flown all the day, fly away home



Miss a step, trip and fall

Miss the path, meet the wall

Miss the way, miss a turn

Getting lost is how you learn



It's a maze, this garden, it's a maze of paths

Meant to lead a man astray

Take a left and then, turning left again

How a soul can find the way



For an old man knows how a year it goes

How the cold hard ground in the spring comes 'round

How in time it shows how a garden grows

How an English garden grows



How the roses climb

How sublime the time

When an English garden grows