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If I Planted a Garden MP3 Choral Recording featuring the Children's Choir of the New Apostolic Church, Cape Town, South Africa :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download View/print sheet music:     Children     Easy SA Each of the songs I wrote for my children begin with "If..." This life is one big if-then proposition, and I want my kids to know it. This song was written for my son, Daniel, when he was still a baby. I didn't know why I was writing about gardening at the time--I hadn't yet discovered the joy of growing flowers, and I hate vegetable gardening. But as I sat in his room one night as he slept, it seemed appropriate for him somehow. As he grew older, I learned why. During his childhood he was never happier than while watering his snapdragons or digging in the dirt. Lyrics: If I planted a garden, if I carefully sowed If I nourished each tiny seed If I tended it well and helped it to grow What a beautiful harvest I'd reap In my life, like a garden, there are seeds to be sown I must choose with the greatest care Planting only what's good, so I can be sure Only beautiful things will grow there I am planting my garden every day of my life, And the harvest is mine to keep If I plant seeds of faith, of honor and truth What a beautiful harvest I'll reap Church Music Contest: Children's Song Division - Award of Distinction 1993 Appeared in The Friend magazine (under the incorrect title "Plant a Garden") March 1997