YOU WON'T SEED ME

(Music: YOU WON'T SEE ME, Lennon-McCartney) (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)

If I didn't come up, you'd be enraged
But in the seed catalog, you turn the page
I volunteer all the time, I'm never hard to find
And I am growing just fine
So you won't seed me (you won't seed me)
You won't seed me (you won't seed me)

There's so much of me, you never doubt
That you'll never, ever be without
Let me tell you, hey, you don't know how long I'll stay
And there could come a day ...
Still you won't seed me (you won't seed me)
You won't seed me (you won't seed me)

Elephant garlic, calendula, kale
Parsley, chard, mustards, chickweed and Red Sails ...

Though my needs are few, my seeds are many
How 'bout gathering a few, to sow randomly
Around the garden here, maybe save some for next year
Because I think it's queer
That you won't seed me (you won't seed me)
You won't seed me (you won't seed me)

Lambsquarters, amaranth, borage, daikon
Chicory, endive, sunflowers and purslane ...

Volunteers know where we want to be
We're the best nutrition, and we grow for free
But collect our seeds, stop treating us like weeds
Or we may vanish like steeds ...
If you won't seed me (you won't seed me)
You won't seed me (you won't seed me)

Ooo -- la la la, ooo -- la la la, ooo -- la la la (repeat and fade)

 
Comments: Self-sown vegetables are also known as "volunteers." Red Sails is a variety of lettuce. Some of the Beetless' favorite vegetables and plants are listed in this memorable song, which, according to Pear, "just wrote itself."

 
Excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book: An Organic Gardening Songbook/Guidebook, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)