Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
The lyrics of this song closely match Nelstone’s Hawaiians' 1930s song “Fatal Flower Garden”, but the story is based on a ballad called Sir Hugh that goes back to at least 13th century England. In the original version, the “Gypsy lady” is a Jew, and the folk tale is an example of “blood libel” – ant...
It rained it poured
It rained so hard
Rained so hard all day
'Till all the boys in our school
Came out to talk and play
They tossed the ball
Again so high
Then again so low
Till it fell into a flower garden
Where no one's allowed to go
When a tipsy Gypsy lady
Dressed in yellow and green
Says come here come here
My pretty little boy
And get your ball again
No I won't come in
I shan't come in
Without my playmates all
I'm gonna get my father and tell him about it
And then the tears shall fall
First she offered an apple sweet
Then a tangerine
Then she offered him a diamond
That seemed to do the trick that enticed him in
She took him by the lily-white hand
And she led him through the hall
She took him to an upper room
Where no one could hear him call
No not a soul
Bury the bible at my feet
The testament at my head
If my dear father should call for me
Tell him that I am dead
Bury the bible at my head
The testament at my feet
If my dear mother should call for me
Tell her that I'm asleep
Fatal Flower Garden was written by Nelstone’s Hawaiians.
Fatal Flower Garden was produced by David Boucher & Andrew Bird.
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire released Fatal Flower Garden on Tue Apr 03 2001.