- Adapted from the song There Was a Garden By Georges Moustaki (On YouTube, look exactly for: - Georges Moustaki-Il y'avait un jardin Misterdp50 Published on Nov 23, 2007) With a third quatrain added There Was a Garden It's a song for the kids Who are born and who live between steel And bitumen, between concrete and asphalt And who may never know That Ukraine was a garden There was a garden that we called Ukraine It shone in the sun like a forbidden fruit No it was not heaven nor hell Neither something already seen or heard La la la la la la There were women and girls Intelligent and beautiful Who were simply looking for a good, loving man With whom to happily found a family and raise children There was a garden, a house, trees With a foam bed to make love And a small stream rolling without a wave Came to refresh it and continued his course La la la la la la There was a garden big like a valley We could eat there at all seasons On burning ground or on frozen grass And discover flowers that did not have a name La la la la la la There was a garden called Ukraine It was big enough for thousands of children It was once inhabited by our grandfathers Who themselves had gotten it from their grandparents La la la la la la Where is this garden where we could have been born Where we could have lived carefree and naked Where is this house all doors open That I am still looking for and can not find anymore? La la la la la la