Old Records

Listening As grooves whirl A familiar track, Once familiar refrains Recall the vintage Of innocence. Scratched In almost forgotten places, The sound is altered ... Yet I hear a cadence of the time When sweet flowers grew In an English country garden. Inspired by a folk song I listened to while growing up during the 1960s : English Country Garden as sung by Jimmie Rodgers (can be found on YouTube). From the song: How many kinds of sweet flowers grow In an English country garden? I'll tell you now of some that I know And those I miss you'll surely pardon: Daffodils, heart's ease and flox Meadowsweet and lady smocks Gentain, lupine and tall hollihocks Roses, foxgloves, snowdrops, forget-me-nots In an English country garden