Come Into The Garden John 1910 Billy Williams

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20Jan2025
2025

Mary and John were courting
and a spoony pair were they.
Once at a party all the crowd
were in one room,
and the noise was loud.
Mary looked at John,
and then she winked and said,
"My dear don't you think it's
getting just a bit too hot in here?"

Come into the garden John!
Come into the garden John!
We can sit there
on each other's knees,
all amongst the cabbages and peas.
Come into the garden John!
Go and put your top coat on,
You can tell me what love means
'mongst the turnip tops and greens,
so Come into the garden John!

Come into the garden John!
Come into the garden John!
We can sit there
on each other's knees,
all amongst the cabbages and peas.
Come into the garden John!
Go and put your top coat on,
You can tell me what love means
'mongst the turnip tops and greens,
so Come into the garden John!

Mary and John were in the garden,
and there for a while,
John had his coat turned up like this,
he felt too chilly
to spoon and kiss!
They went back in the parlour
but she felt so ill at ease,
Coaxingly she whispered,
"If you love me, darling, please,

Come into the garden John!
Come into the garden John!
We can sit there
on each other's knees,
all amongst the cabbages and peas.
Come into the garden John!
Go and put your top coat on,
'Neath the apple tree so fair,
we shall make a lovely pair,
so Come into the garden John!

Come into the garden John!
Come into the garden John!
We can sit there
on each other's knees,
all amongst the cabbages and peas.
Come into the garden John!
Go and put your top coat on,
'Neath the apple tree so fair,
we shall make a lovely pair,
so Come into the garden John!

Mary and John got married,
and went on their honeymoon,
in an hotel where in the gloom,
they sat so shy in the coffee room.
Some other people sat around
and gazed upon the pair.
Mary pinched his arm and said,
"Oh how the people stare!"

Come into the garden John!
Come into the garden John!
We can sit there
on each other's knees,
all amongst the cabbages and peas.
Come into the garden John!
Go and put your top coat on,
you can kiss your English rose
where the Turkey rhubarb grows,
so Come into the garden John!

Come into the garden John!
Come into the garden John!
We can sit there
on each other's knees,
all amongst the cabbages and peas.
Come into the garden John!
Go and put your top coat on,
you can kiss your English rose
where the Turkey rhubarb grows,
so Come into the garden John!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Come Into The Garden John 1910 Billy Williams
by Fred Godfey & Fred E.D'Albert
© MCMX  by Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 20 January 2025 at 15.09
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne