The Garlic Song



Ruthie Gorton



There are spices and vegetables that you can grow

Some are under the ground, some grow tall

Though they all have their qualities, this you should know

That the garlic is best of them all



The Egyptians, Phoenicians, the Vikings and Greeks

Babylonians, Danes, and Chinese

On their voyages took enough garlic for weeks

And their enemies died on the breeze



From Biblical times in all parts of the earth

It has cured countless sufferings and ills

If we understood what the garlic is worth

We would throw out our poisons and pills



In Bulgaria's mountains and Russia's wide plains

People live to a hundred years old

For it's juice of the garlic that runs in their veins

Oh it's worth twice it's weight in pure gold



With its selenium, germanium, allicin too

It can fight off all types of disease

So if you've got arthritis, TB, or the flu

Just say, "Peel me a garlic clove, please!"



Plant some cloves in your garden to keep away worms

And the other bad things that kill plants

If you're one of those people concerned about germs

You could drop one or two in your pants



(Repeat first verse)



@plant @spice @humor

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