God bless the honey bee Spends all day making life sweeter Spends all day with his face in a flower Does good work but he carries a dagger Go gently with me... God bless the summer rain Brings the hard dry ground to life Paints the mountains in baby greens But it floods the river and tears out the trees Go gently with me... God bless a new-found love As tangled as a raspberry vine Red ripe fruit, waiting to be plucked But the little green thorns will take you by surprise The little green thorns take you by surprise Still, a berry on the tongue beats a bushel in your mind Go gently with me... A berry on the tongue beats a bushel in your mind