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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