by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Brown (1830 - 1897)
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!
Language: English
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Fern'd grot -- The veriest school Of peace; and yet the fool Contends that God is not -- Not God! in Gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign; 'Tis very sure God walks in mine.
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Text Authorship:
- by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Brown (1830 - 1897), "My garden", appears in Old John and other Poems, first published 1893 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882 - 1955), "A garden is a lovesome thing" [ SSATBB chorus a cappella ], NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Brook (1893 - ?), "My garden", published 1929 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Herbert Foulds (1880 - 1939), "My garden", op. 86 no. 4 (1925) [ voice and piano ], from Garland of Youth, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eleanor Everest Freer (1864 - 1942), "My garden", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs to Nature [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mirrie Irma Hill (1892 - 1986), "A garden is a lovesome thing", published 1954 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- possibly by Phyllis M. James , "My garden", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], could be by a different composer named "Phillis James" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "A garden is a lovesome thing", op. 50 (Four songs) no. 1, published 1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "A garden is a lovesome thing", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Teresa del Riego (c1876 - 1968), "A garden is a lovesome thing", published 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Betty Roe (b. 1930), "My garden", published 1991 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Powell Weaver (1890 - 1951), "My garden", published 1940 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Welsh (Cymraeg), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Oliver Henry Edwards.
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