The Garden Song

from Live From The Attic by Carley Smith

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* (These words were written by Wilma Kenny)
Comfrey Chamomile Thyme and Golden Cup
Mother sends me down to gather up
Lilly Of The Valley Rue and Daffodil
Monkshood and Foxglove these can kill
Mother knows the difference Mother knows them all
She plants in the spring and gathers in the fall
Midsummer Solstice come and build a fire
It's older than the churchyard and taller than a pyre
It's old as the hills oh it's old as the Moon
Light it up at midnight let it burn till noon
Well the preacher doesn't like it wants to make it part
Of his Sunday service and take away the heart
People called us witches and turned the World about
They feared our quiet power and tore our gardens out
They pulled up all the roots and they threw away the seeds
They burned the harmless flowers and let in the weeds
Oh they burned a thousand women took away the child
They thought we had forgotten they thought the flowers wild
Well we searched them out again and we brought them back at night
We seldom spoke the reason but knew that we were right
We whispered the wisdom and sought out the lore
We traded roots and seedlings we planted more and more
So see our pretty gardens shining in the sun
We're bringing back the witches one by one
We're bringing back the witches one by one
We're bringing back the witches one by one

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from Live From The Attic, track released January 5, 2016

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