A bit of Earth She wants a little bit of earth she'll plant some seeds The seeds will grow The flowers bloom but is their bountythat she needs How can she chance To love a little bit of Earth does she not know The Earth is old And doesn't care ifone small girl wants things to grow She needs a friend She needs a father,brother, sister, mother's arms She needs to laugh She needs to dance and learn to workher girlish charms She needs a home The only thing she really needsI cannot give Instead she asks A bit of earthto make it live She should have a pony Gallop 'cross the moor She should have a doll's house With a hundred rooms per floor Why can't she ask for a treasure Something that money can buythat won't die When I'd give her the world She asks insteadfor some earth A bit of earth She wants a little bit of earth she'll plant some seeds The seeds will grow The flowers bloom their beauty just the thing she needs She'll grow to love The tender roses, lilies fair the iris tall And then in fall Her bit of earthwill freeze and kill them all A bit of earth A bit of earth A bit of earth A bit of earth