Who mowed the lawns of Eden? Who kept the garden trim?
Adam never
volunteered, I'm sure it wasn't him.
Who pruned all the fruit trees to which
Genesis refers?
Did the angel Gabriel have some secateurs?
Who mowed the lawns of Eden? Who kept the garden green?
Eve was not a
gardener, and the Cherubs were not keen.
The angels and archangels, they
were pretty much the same,
They refused to weed as well as magnify His
name.
The Seraphim, they could have helped in several different ways,
But
they had all their time used up with singing hymns of praise.
The Heavenly
Host was small then, because nobody had died,
But none of them liked
digging, even though they'd never tried.
I bet the saints and martyrs would
have loved to dig and hoe,
For martyrs up in heaven are the same as here
below.
Who mowed the lawns of Eden? Who helped the garden grow?
Who made of
it a Paradise? I'll tell you, 'cos I know.
God. He fixed the garden, the
first one that he made,
He pruned all the roses, and was handy with his
spade.
On Sunday, nice and early He went out to smell the dew.
(There
wasn't any Church then, so He'd nothing much to do).
He wandered to the
potting-shed, behind the Tree of Life,
And got his spade and trowel out, His
fork and pruning knife.
He looked after Eden, and He watched the lilies
grow,
And Eden's still a Paradise where gardeners can go.
Who mowed the lawns of Eden? God mowed the lawns and more,
Adam
couldn't help Him, for his rib was still quite sore.
The beasts that God
created never helped in any way,
The lion lay down with the lamb, bone idle
all the day.
God built all the trellises for clematis to climb,
Cut back
the wisteria and trained the columbine.
He pruned all the fruit trees:
apple, peach and pear,
He had so many jobs to do, you always find Him
there.
So if I get to Heaven, I'll just ask Peter if I can
Potter about
in Eden, just to help out the Old Man.
Anon.
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