Sow the little seed, plant the little plant,
Watch them grow in my little gar-den.
Cut the greeny grass, see the seasons pass,
Does your heart good to see things grow!

Prune the little trees, watch the busy bees
Buzzing round the flowers in my little gar-den.
Clip the hedgy high before it hits the sky.
My, how very quickly some things do grow!

It's growing up so tall, can't see the path at all,
More like a jungle in my little gar-den.
Oh, my aching back, my spine's about to crack,
Never knew how quickly these darn things grow!

Trunks of giant trees festooned with early peas,
Beanstalks made for Jack in my little gar-den.
Now the kids are lost, soon they'll be compost,
Animals are stalking through the things that grow!

Baboons come swinging past, a leopard's in the grass.
How did this happen to my little gar-den?
I hear the lion's roar, I see his huge great paw, I
I'm about to be eaten as I watch him grow!

I wake up with a start as my chair begins to part,
And I fall down with a bump in my little gar-den.
Everything is neat in the beds of peat...
Whew! Won't do my heart good to see things grow!

Now don't you grow another inch... you hear me?