Difference between revisions of "Songs about Plants"
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=== Convolvulaceae === | === Convolvulaceae === | ||
| − | *Morning Glory by Oasis | + | *Morning Glory by Oasis : "What's the story morning glory, well" |
| − | *Sweet potato by Sia | + | *Sweet potato by Sia : "She cooks you sweet potato, you don't like aubergine" |
=== Cucurbitaceae === | === Cucurbitaceae === | ||
| − | *Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bryd | + | *Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bryd : "We got a hundred gallons of sweet red |
| + | wine, Made from the biggest watermelons on the vine" | ||
=== Ebenaceae === | === Ebenaceae === | ||
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=== Fabaceae === | === Fabaceae === | ||
| − | *Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells | + | *Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells : "Crimson and clover, over and over" |
=== Fagaceae === | === Fagaceae === | ||
| − | *Little Acorns by The White Stripes | + | *Little Acorns by The White Stripes : "Once I broke my problems into small pieces, I was able to carry them, just like those acorns, one at a time" |
| − | *Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel | + | *Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Oak Tree, I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest..." |
| − | === | + | === Juncaceae === |
| − | *Green grow the rushes by R.E.M. : "Green grow the rushes go, The compass points the workers home" | + | *Green grow the rushes by R.E.M. : "Green grow the rushes go, The compass points the workers home" |
=== Lamiaceae === | === Lamiaceae === | ||
| − | *Catnip Dream by Shonen Knife : "Catnip is a kitty cat drug..." | + | *Catnip Dream by Shonen Knife : "Catnip is a kitty cat drug..." |
| − | *Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana | + | *Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana : "Sit and drink pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me" |
*Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" | *Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" | ||
| − | *Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats | + | *Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats |
=== Lauraceae === | === Lauraceae === | ||
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=== Poaceae === | === Poaceae === | ||
| − | *Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood." | + | *Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood." |
| + | *Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Golden Wheat, I would if I could but I cannot I know, I need all my grain to prosper and grow" | ||
=== Pontederiacae === | === Pontederiacae === | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 9 February 2007
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If you know of songs either all about plants or mention plants in the lyrics, please post the title and artist here.
Contents
- 1 Songs about plants
- 1.1 Amaryllidaceae
- 1.2 Apiaceae
- 1.3 Apocynaceae
- 1.4 Arecaceae
- 1.5 Convolvulaceae
- 1.6 Cucurbitaceae
- 1.7 Ebenaceae
- 1.8 Fabaceae
- 1.9 Fagaceae
- 1.10 Juncaceae
- 1.11 Lamiaceae
- 1.12 Lauraceae
- 1.13 Liliaceae
- 1.14 Muscaceae
- 1.15 Nelumbonaceae
- 1.16 Poaceae
- 1.17 Pontederiacae
- 1.18 Rosaceae
- 1.19 Rutaceae
- 1.20 Salicaceae
Songs about plants
Songs are listed alphabetically, by family.
Amaryllidaceae
- Daffodil's Lament by The Cranberries : "And the daffodils looked lovely today"
Apiaceae
- Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
- The King of Carrot Flowers by Neutral Milk Hotel : "When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers"
Apocynaceae
- Oleander by Sarah Harmer : "Oleander, Oleander, Will you bloom again this spring?"
Arecaceae
- Coconut (Lime in the Coconut) by Harry Nilsson : "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up"
Convolvulaceae
- Morning Glory by Oasis : "What's the story morning glory, well"
- Sweet potato by Sia : "She cooks you sweet potato, you don't like aubergine"
Cucurbitaceae
- Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bryd : "We got a hundred gallons of sweet red
wine, Made from the biggest watermelons on the vine"
Ebenaceae
- Persimmon by Bunt : "This persimmon, peeling the skin from soft and ripened flesh..."
Fabaceae
- Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells : "Crimson and clover, over and over"
Fagaceae
- Little Acorns by The White Stripes : "Once I broke my problems into small pieces, I was able to carry them, just like those acorns, one at a time"
- Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Oak Tree, I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest..."
Juncaceae
- Green grow the rushes by R.E.M. : "Green grow the rushes go, The compass points the workers home"
Lamiaceae
- Catnip Dream by Shonen Knife : "Catnip is a kitty cat drug..."
- Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana : "Sit and drink pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me"
- Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
- Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats
Lauraceae
- Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young
- Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."
Liliaceae
- Tip-toe through the tulips by Tiny Tim : "Come tiptoe through the tulips with me"
Muscaceae
- Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
Nelumbonaceae
- Lotus by R.E.M.
Poaceae
- Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."
- Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Golden Wheat, I would if I could but I cannot I know, I need all my grain to prosper and grow"
Pontederiacae
- Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "Water hyacinth, named by a poet, Imitation of life"
Rosaceae
- Peaches by Presidents of the USA : "Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown"
- Strawberry fields forever by The Beatles (okay, really about a place, not the fruit)
- Black horse and the cherry tree by KT Tunstall : "I came across a place in the middle of nowhere, with a big black horse and a cherry tree"
- Roses by Outcast : "But lean a little bit closer, See that roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo"
Rutaceae
- Coconut (Lime in the Coconut) by Harry Nilsson : "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up"
- Lemon Tree by The Cardigans
Salicaceae
- Underneath the weeping willow by Grandaddy
