The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1006   Message #518343
Posted By: IanC
31-Jul-01 - 10:18 AM
Thread Name: Origins: English Country Garden
Subject: RE: English Country Garden Lyrics
Just for the record

The melody for Country Gardens first appeared under that title in The Quaker's Opera (printed in London, 1728). The tune was collected by Cecil J. Sharp and Herbert C. MacIlwaine in 1907 as the Hankerchief Dance, and it is Sharpe that Australian pianist/composer Percy Grainger credits in the preface to his piano arrangement.

Cheers!
Ian