Betty's Garden 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Oct 2006
2006

I've had a little garden
these fifty years ago,
and there I sit and talk a bit
and there I dig and hoe.
Lord! Lord! I loves it better
than my old tumpy bed,
the garden John did say were mine,
when John and I were wed.

And when we used to quarrel,
as folks must, I suppose,
John ups and slams the door on me,
and I goes down and hoes;
and all the day I digs away
and scrats the ground about,
'twas wonderful what digging did
when John and I were out.

But now that John be gone from me,
across the silent hill,
I know I've got my garden
to keep me happy still;
for when I'm tired of waiting
to know what heaven will be,
God comes into my garden
and talks awhile with me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Betty's Garden 1920
Music by Wilfrid Sanderson
Lyrics by Fred E.Weatherley
© 1920 by Boosey & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 10 October 2006 at 5.03pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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