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The Illinois Gardener

from My Message by Paul Kotheimer

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Words and music by Paul Kotheimer. Fretless guitar and
vocals by PK; violin by Claire Johnson; recorded early Spring 2014.

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I'm an Illinois gardener--This I know.
I'll tell you all the things my yard can grow:
I got hackberry trees and pokeberry fruit.
Honeysuckle bushes and burdock root.

I'm an Illinois gardener--This I know.
I'll tell you all the things my yard can grow:
I got dame's rocket and Queen Anne's lace
and trees of heaven all over the place.

I'm an Illinois gardener--This I know.
I'll tell you all the things my yard can grow:
I got dandelions out in the sun.
Out in back, my Virgin-i-a cr-eepers run.

I'm an Illinois gardener--This I know.
I'll tell you all the things my yard can grow:
I got goldenrods and thistles all in my face.
Well, I'd put in some tomatoes, but I'm all out of space.

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from My Message, released September 1, 2014

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Paul Kotheimer Urbana, Illinois

For well over 30 years now, Paul Kotheimer has been writing songs. And then recording them. And then putting them together into albums.
At first, way way back in the actual 1980s, he used a cassette player and a microphone from Radio Shack. Now he's the proprietor of Pillow Monster Home Studio, complete with lots of musical instruments and recording gear and one actual pillow monster. YAY MUSIC!
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