An Organic Gardening
Songbook/Guidebook (info./disclaimers [0]) (glossary [0]) (gardening guide [0])
Lyrics on this site are excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book, edited and annotated by Chris Roth, originally published 1997 by Carrotseed Press, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth, ISBN 0-9657080-2-7, Library of Congress Catalog Card
Number: 97-91588, containing the poetry of Jam
Lemon, Pear Machete, Joychoi Heirloom, and Rutabaga
Variety -- four lads who made organic gardening a household word once more.
ACROSS THE SEED BEDS FIRST [0] (Music:
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Lennon-McCartney)
ALL YOUR SEEDS ARE LOVE [0] (Music: ALL
YOU NEED IS LOVE, Lennon-McCartney)
BUG ME DO [0] (Music: LOVE ME DO,
Lennon-McCartney)
CARRY THAT CRATE [0] (Music: CARRY THAT
WEIGHT, Lennon-McCartney)
[0]CHICO, YOU'RE A DITCH MAN [0] (Music: BABY,
YOU'RE A RICH MAN, Lennon-McCartney)
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SEED DEPTH? [0]
(Music: DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET, Lennon-McCartney)
EARTHWORM [0] (Music: BLACKBIRD,
Lennon-McCartney)
FIXING A TOOL [0] (Music: FIXING A HOLE,
Lennon-McCartney)
GOOD DAY SUNCHOKES [0] (Music: GOOD DAY
SUNSHINE, Lennon-McCartney)
GOPHER BITES [0] (Music: HOLD ME TIGHT,
Lennon-McCartney)
GOT TO PICK YOU, NOT USE A KNIFE [0]
(Music: GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE, Lennon-McCartney)
GRASSMAN [0] (Music: TAXMAN, Harrison)
GREENS THAT ARE MUSTARDS [0] (Music:
MEAN MR. MUSTARD, Lennon-McCartney)
A HARD CLAY SOIL [0] (Music: A HARD
DAY'S NIGHT, Lennon-McCartney)
HERE COME THE SLUGS [0] (Music: HERE
COMES THE SUN, Harrison)
I SAW HERBS STANDING THERE [0] (Music: I
SAW HER STANDING THERE, Lennon-McCartney)
I TILL [0] (Music: I WILL,
Lennon-McCartney)
I WANNA FREEZE AND CAN [0] (Music: I
WANNA BE YOUR MAN, Lennon-McCartney)
I WANT TO DIG BY HAND [0] (Music: I WANT
TO HOLD YOUR HAND, Lennon-McCartney)
I WANT TO SELL YOU [0] (Music: I WANT TO
TELL YOU, Harrison)
I'M A SHROOMER [0] (Music: I'M A LOSER,
Lennon-McCartney)
IT'S ALL GOOD MULCH [0] (Music: IT'S ALL
TOO MUCH, Harrison)
I'VE GOT A SEEDLING [0] (Music: I'VE GOT
A FEELING, Lennon-McCartney)
I'VE JUST SEEN A FROST [0] (Music: I'VE
JUST SEEN A FACE, Lennon-McCartney)
I'VE JUST SEEN A PLACE [0] (Music: I'VE
JUST SEEN A FACE, Lennon-McCartney)
THE LONG ERODED PATH [0] (Music: THE
LONG AND WINDING ROAD, Lennon-McCartney)
LOOSELY FIRM THE EDGES OF SEEDFLATS [0]
(Music: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS, Lennon-McCartney)
LUCKY STIFFS, THEIR LAND IS PAID [0]
(Music: LOVELY RITA, Lennon-McCartney)
MAXWELL'S PLASTIC BUCKET [0] (Music:
MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER, Lennon-McCartney)
MIGUEL [0] (Music: MICHELLE,
Lennon-McCartney)
MISTER PRUNE-RIGHT [0] (Music: MISTER
MOONLIGHT, Roy Lee Johnson)
MOTHER NATURE'S WON [0] (Music: MOTHER
NATURE'S SON, Lennon-McCartney)
MULCH! [0] (Music: HELP!,
Lennon-McCartney)
OH! BARLEY [0] (Music: OH! DARLING,
Lennon-McCartney)
ONE AFTER WEST TWENTY-NINE [0] (Music:
ONE AFTER NINE-O-NINE, Lennon-McCartney)
PAPERBACK MULCHER [0] (Music: PAPERBACK
WRITER, Lennon-McCartney)
[0]PERMACULTURE GARDEN [0] (Music: OCTOPUS'S GARDEN, Richard
Starkey)
PLEASE WEED ME [0] (Music: PLEASE PLEASE
ME, Lennon-McCartney)
PREPPING DAY [0] (Music: YESTERDAY,
Lennon-McCartney)
PVC PAM [0] (Music: POLYTHENE PAM,
Lennon-McCartney)
RAINBIRD [0] (Music: RAIN,
Lennon-McCartney)
ROCK DUSTING SOON [0] (Music: ROCKY
RACCOON, Lennon-McCartney)
SALT AND PEPPER'S ONLY FOR WHEN
VEGETABLES ARE BLAND [0] (Music: SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND,
Lennon-McCartney)
SHE DUG YOU [0] (Music: SHE LOVES YOU,
Lennon-McCartney)
SHE SAID RAISED BED [0] (Music: SHE SAID
SHE SAID, Lennon-McCartney)
SHE SAID SHE COMPOSTED IN WINDROWS [0]
(Music: SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW, Lennon-McCartney)
SHORT ON SALARY [0] (Music: LONG TALL
SALLY, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell)
THINNINGS [0] (Music: PIGGIES, Harrison)
THE TURD [0] (Music: THE WORD,
Lennon-McCartney)
TWELVE MONTHS A YEAR [0] (Music: EIGHT
DAYS A WEEK)
WHY DON'T WE DO IT WITHOUT ROADS? [0]
(Music: WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?, Lennon-McCartney)
WORKDAY [0] (Music: BIRTHDAY,
Lennon-McCartney)
YOU NEVER LEND ME YOUR CRUMMY [0]
(Music: YOU NEVER GIVE ME YOUR MONEY, Lennon-McCartney)
YOU WON'T SEED ME [0] (Music: YOU WON'T
SEE ME, Lennon-McCartney)
YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THAT SOIL [0] (Music:
YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THAT GIRL, Lennon-McCartney)
APPENDIX: THE BEETLESS BOOTLEG --
GREAT LOST SONGS OF THE BEETLESS [0]
Excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book: An Organic Gardening Songbook/Guidebook, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth (info./disclaimers [0]) (glossary [0]) (gardening guide [0])