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Singing in the rain comes to mind lol

aw janette, its not stillllllll raining is it? how about Flowers In The Window by Travis

How about "I can see clearly now"?

Or "I talk to the trees" (thats why they locked me away!)

You and me both - Popeymike! Good choice.

How about 'Roses are red, my love,violets are blooo-hooo-hooo' etc etc Thanks Popeymike for a good chuckle! By tomorrow afternoon I shall be warbling 'Raindrops keep falling on my head'....again....

Tiger Feet - by Mud! :D

Hmm, can you tell it's getting late?

lol how about the green green grass of home

I sometimes think of Tie AYellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree although i dont have 1!

Digging In The Dirt - Peter Gabriel

Anything by The Wurzels

What have I Done To Deserve This ? - Dusty Springfield & The Pet Shop Boys

Goin' Back To My Roots - Odyssey

the list is endless lol

Some of these new to me but love the titles thanks Peter for reminding me how awful music was in early Seventies. Mud,Sweet, Gary Glitter!

Brilliant ideas of relevant songs. Must admit if i'm in the garden any song might pop into my head, probably not at all relevant to what i'm doing. If i'm working in the greenhouse though, i tend to have the radio on. Surprising how fast time goes in there, news comes on once every hour but feels like every 10 mins. or so.
Must admit SOME of the seventies music i do quite like:-)

'I Never Promised You A Rose Garden ' - apt with my not-so-green thumb!
'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' - for when the weeds really take over!
'Who'll Stop the Rain?' - been appropriate this week..
'Baby It’s Cold Outside' - theme song for May in Ontario
"I Believe" - what keeps us growing...
"I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows..."

Me too Mark had wiped out the bad till Peter reminded me now cant get song or that silly dance [ remember that?] they used to do out my head.Thanks Grammazoo when put this on struggled to think of many more - surprised where all these coming from!

It's all your fault, BB, I sat up in bed last night with 'How many kinds of sweet flowers grow in an English country garden' going through my head! AND I can't remember who sang it OR many of the words! Big YEEEELL ...it's driving me mad!

Now really showing my age Spritz - think it was someone called Wally [ no relation] Whitton or Whiteon?

Hi Bonkers,
We installed an outdoor sound system when we redesigned the garden in 2004.The outdoor waterproof speakers are always 'on the go' playing our favourite pieces and we also play Italian opera or classical pieces during our 'open days' for the National Gardens Scheme.
When Im gardening on my hands and knees Im sometimes accompanied by Shirly Bassey,( Theres nothing like a bit of 'Hey big spender' when you are arranging your bedding plants!)
Dusty Springfield and Michael Bublee also put in an appearance from time to time- now theres a thought!
Also, we can put the lighting on at night, relax with a good glass of wine and drift away.

Flowers In The Rain - The Move (?)

That 'sounds' great Grenville accompanied by lighting must be quite something in the evenings.Would think you d be for ever entertaining a far cry from my candle and tranny [ radio - come to mean something quite different nowadays].

A couple of years ago 1 of my son's bought me some of them head speaker things you put over your ears, i put my a CD or tape on the hi-fi put 2 wires in back where the speackers go, & im away in my own world can play what i wont as loud as i wont & only i can hear it, mind you perhaps no one would wont to here, i've mostly got Elvis playing in my ears, now i'm going back to the 60s.

Now then, folks of a certain age. If anyone else has had the problem I had with remembering the words of 'In an English Country Garden' then worry no more! I am about to post them as a blog! Then we can all sing together. Ready, 1...2...3... 'How many kinds etc etc.

o i love that song Grammazoo :) thanx 4 the memory of it x

Hi Clarice who could object to Elvis? All those classics - Love me tenders.. all kept in his Wooden hut ?

I have random tunes pop into my head. I think it's a mixture of all the songs I've heard on the radio whilst waking up in the morning, all mixed together in a melody which seems to scare off birds and other small creatures. Dread to think what my neighbours think if/when they can hear me. I can not sing and will never admit to being able to but it's still a relaxing thing to do whilst pottering about, I love it. Sorry neighbours. Will have to sound proof the shed now.

Well, with a Wizard of Oz theme in the garden, I tend to whistle and sing "If I Only Had A Brain" - Scarecrow's song in the movie, especially the first few lines:-

I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers,
Consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were
busy hatchin' -
If I only had a brain.

It does mine in, I can tell you, but I do like the first 2 lines.

Seems I m not the only one with this affliction!Dont know whether that makes me feel better or seriously concerned.Thanks to all contributors - got us thinking.