| Author | Topic: Add: The Garden Where the Praties Grow | |
| dmcg | Posted - 15 May 05 - 03:07 pm | |
Have you ever been in love, me boys, or have you felt the pain? I'd sooner be in jail myself than be in love again For the girl I loved was beautiful, I'd have you all to know, And I met her in the garden where the praties grow. Says I, "My pretty Kathleen,I am tired of single life, And if you've no objection, sure, I'll make you my sweet wife." She answered me right modestly and curtsied very low, "O, you're welcome to the garden where the praties grow." Says I, "My pretty Kathleen, I do hope that you'll agree." She was not like your city girls who say you're making free; Says she, "I'll ask my parents, and tomorrow I'll let you know, If you'll meet me in the garden where the praties grow." Source: Singing Together, Summer 1970, BBC Publications | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 15 May 05 - 07:48 pm | |
Roud 4803. For a broadside edition, see Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: I met her in the garden where the Irish praties grow The song was written by the popular circus entertainer Johnny Patterson (1840 - 1889); he also wrote The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 16 May 05 - 12:23 am | |
According to Meade et al.'s Country Music Sources (Southern Folklife Collection, 2002, p. 143), it was written "ca. 1880." The only sound recording on the list is: "In The Garden Where The Irish Potatoes Grow" [audio] : Dr Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers (rec. 1928). | ||