Length: 4:15

Voicing: SATB divisi, a cappella

Difficulty: Advanced

Year: 2024

Text:

Talk to your bees to get sweeter honey,
plant your tomatoes on Memorial Day.
Steal your seeds and plant them in threes,
and always be kind to your scarecrows.

Geraniums must stay outside
to keep out the ants and the snakes,
and planting peppers when you’re mad
will make them hotter than Hell.

Don’t plant your garden ’til the oak leaves
are bigger than a mouse’s ears,
and anything planted on the spring equinox
will live and thrive 'til you die.

Kendra Preston Leonard

Description:

This whimsical, challenging a cappella setting of Kendra Preston Leonard’s playful, mystical text will be the highlight of your ensemble’s next concert. Exploration of several tonal modes and and textures brings this buzzing, colorful work to life.

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