Columbine

Columbine - Eliza Carthy

Columbine do grow in my garden

Without a bye or leave

They've made a home in the borders

We'll let them stay if they please

Statues stand guard

Hard hardies they do grow hard

In my perfumed back yard

There is endless talk about those flowers

One by one we do love you so

Goodbye Sweet William hello old Rose

Why'd hang your head so low

Mother of a Thousand Baby Tears

Goodbye Jack-in-the-Green

We'll see you next year

Abraham Isaac and Joseph

All grow where they please

And the little Wood Sorrel we call

God Almighty's bread and cheese

Foxgloves stand tall

Buttercups crowd them all

In my perfumed back yard

There is endless talk about those flowers

One by one we do love you so

Goodbye Sweet William hello old Rose

Why'd hang your head so low

Mother of a Thousand baby Tears

Goodbye Jack-in-the-Green

We'll see you next year