Saturday, May 7, 2011

Song About Tulips




Now that all the snow is gone from the front yard,  a small,  round garden bed gets a daily check.

Last fall, while on a day trip, we stopped at a Christmas Tree Shops  in the eastern part of  Massachusetts. They had packages of daffodils and tulips for sale.  I think they were from the Netherlands  Dreaming of a colorful floral display in our front yard,  several packages got tossed into the shopping cart. My husband, who loves to see me happy, planted them before the cold weather came.

So now, tiny tips are jutting out of the ground. I doused them with a triple hot pepper mixture to keep the squirrels from digging up the bulbs for lunch but the hot toddy substance did not work.  So my husband bought some chicken wire and spread that on top of the little seedlings. That did the trick.

Anyway, the other day, while checking the little flower tips, a song about tulips came flashing from  my memory. I learned this song in elementary school.  Some people sang it in Girl Scouts. Here are the lyrics:

                                           "Here, look in the garden bed
                                             Something beautiful is growing!
                                             Bright shaped like a cup of red
                                             Tulips open to the sun!

                                             Last night it was small and green,
                                             Flame- like now it is a-growing,
                                             This one is the first I've seen,
                                              Now sweet weather has begun!

So if anyone hears a chorus of this lovely old song coming from a front yard in western Mass, it's just me, hoping the tulips outlast the hungry squirrels.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THIS SONG?  IF YES, DO YOU STILL SING IT?

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14 comments:

  1. diane stetsonMay 6, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    I not only sing it but teach it...ha! I also like "tiptoe through the tulips"

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  2. BECKYMay 7, 2011 at 3:15 AM

    Hi Susan! I've never heard that song, and I'm surprised because I was in the Girl Scouts...and I know that you and I are close to the same age!
    The tulip photo is breathtaking. Tulips are one of my favorite flowers.
    Also, thanks for the shout out for my contest!

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  3. Tammy@T's Daily TreasuresMay 7, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    Can't say that I've heard that song either. But I am watching a Travel Channel show about Spring and this week it is all about the tulips in Holland -- every color imaginable. I learned that they were originally a wildflower in Central Asia and were brought to Holland from Turkey. :) Hope yours are able to blossom and bloom. Best wishes, Tammy

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  4. Victorian1885May 7, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Beautiful tulips! I have never heard this song before either. Have a great weekend!

    Wanda

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  5. The Painted GardenMay 7, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    Hi Susan,
    What lovely tulips - I have never heard the song.
    Have a wonderful weekend and keep singing that song.

    Blessings,
    Erin

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  6. GratefulPrayerThankfulHeartMay 7, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Thank heaven for chicken wire ~ without it what would little bulbs do. Oh sick! I am sorry. I just took a break from weeding, mowing and sweeping and that was the first thought that came to mind.

    I do hope your tulip flowers survive and bloom for you. They are so pretty :)

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  7. The Old ParsonageMay 7, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    I thought you were going to do Tip toe through the tulips:) Sorry to say that I've never heard of this one.

    Have a wonderful weekend!
    Leann

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  8. moMay 7, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Hi Susan, I was in Girl Scouts too. I do not remember that song. I do rememeber the one about Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold.

    *hugs*

    mo

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  9. BookieMay 7, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    lovely tulips!!! On way home, more later...Happy Mother's Day

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  10. AmberMarch 18, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    My mom used to sing that to me every spring! (With slightly different lyrics) She said it was a Catholic school song. Now I sing it every spring, too, but can never remember all the words.

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  11. Sam BonesApril 9, 2013 at 10:13 PM

    I just was singing this song tonight, my father used to sing it to me as a lullaby. And my mind often wanders to those times when I was young.

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  12. SuzSeptember 10, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    I grew up singing this in chorus when I attended Catholic School as a child in south Georgia. Many of our Nuns were from St. Louis and they taught us the song as a round.

    Here Look in the garden bed
    Something beautiful is growing
    Bright tulip with a cup all red
    Tulip open to the sun

    Last night it was small and green
    Flame-like now it is a glowing
    This one is the first I've seen
    Tulip open to the sun!

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  13. DianeJune 7, 2017 at 7:45 PM

    My 3rd grade teacher taught me this song in 1965! I am a music teacher, and my 4th and 5th grade chorus is singing it in their spring concert next week!

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  14. UnknownSeptember 18, 2018 at 11:56 AM

    Hi, My mother used to sing that song to me in the 50's. I still sing it in the spring except the words are slightly different. My mother started it with "Come look in the garden bed". She learned it from her mother who was from Canada.

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