In the Garden
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Organ and orchestra: an introduction, then each of the 3 verses. Tap a verse’s number to start there.
- I come to the garden alone,While the dew is still on the roses;And the voice I hear,Falling on my ear,The Son of God discloses.RefrainAnd He walks with me, and He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own;And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.
- He speaks, and the sound of His voiceIs so sweet the birds hush their singing;And the melodyThat He gave to meWithin my heart is ringing.RefrainAnd He walks with me, and He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own;And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.
- I'd stay in the garden with Him,Though the night around me be falling;But He bids me go;Through the voice of woe,His voice to me is calling.RefrainAnd He walks with me, and He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own;And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.
About this hymn
- Words
- C. Austin Miles, 1912. As printed in Victory Songs (1920), no. 15.
- Tune
- GARDEN, C. Austin Miles, 1912.
- Harmony
- C. Austin Miles, 1912. Score from the Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary. Converted to ABC from the CCEH’s MIDI file and checked note for note against it and its score.
- Recordings
- Arranged and recorded by Fish the Right, from the harmony above: the melody note for note and every chord the hymnal’s own. Played on the Salamander Grand Piano V3 by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0), with organ, strings, brass and timpani from VSCO 2 Community Edition by Versilian Studios (the organ sampled by Simon Dalzell); drums from Virtuosity Drums and bass from Black And Blue Basses by Versilian Studios and Karoryfer Samples; pads from GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins; made with abcMIDI, sfizz, FluidSynth and FFmpeg.
- Rights
- Words 1912, tune 1912, setting 1912: all published before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Checked: words (hymnary.org), tune (hymnary.org), harmony (ccel.org).
- Scripture
- John 20:11–18