See the flowers round the altar   See the peaches in tins 'neath the headmaster's chair   Harvest festival      See the two who've been chosen   See them walk hand in hand to the front of the hall      Harvest festival   Harvest festival   What was best of all was the   Longing look you gave me   That longing look   More than enough to keep me fed all year      See the children with baskets   See their hair cut like corn neatly combed in their rows      Harvest festival   Harvest festival   What was best of all was the   Longing look you gave me   That longing look   Across the hymnbooks and the canvas chairs   The longing look you gave me   That longing look   More than enough to keep me fed all year      And what a year when the exams and crops all failed   Of course you passed and you were never seen again   We all grew and we got screwed and cut and nailed   Then out of nowhere invitation in gold pen      See the flowers round the altar   See that you two got married and I wish you well      Harvest festival   Harvest festival   What was best of all was the   Longing look you gave me   That longing look   Across the hymnbooks and the canvas chairs   The longing look you gave me   That longing look   More than enough to keep me fed all year      Harvest festival