Name: A Rose from my Mother's Garden
Duration: P00H02M12S
Description: My mother loved her garden, and for me parting with the garden when the family home was sold after the death of my parents was more emotional than saying goodbye to the house.

A Rose from my Mother's Garden

from A Rose From My Mother's Garden by Ruth Cooke

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My mother loved her garden, and for me parting with the garden when the family home was sold after the death of my parents was more emotional than saying goodbye to the house.

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I picked a rose from my mother’s garden
At the dusking of the day
And in that rose from my mother’s garden
All the sweets of the summer lay

The smokefall of many autumns
And the quickening of so many springs,
Scent of frost and of summer woodbine
And a thousand remembered things

And the chink there of summer teacups,
And the music across the lawn,
And the children’s prattling-prattling voices,
All heedless of any bitter thorn.

Oh where is the summer laughter?
Oh where are the winter snows?
Only echoes are in the garden
And a single autumn rose.

I walked away from my mother’s garden
For it’s I may no longer stay
I walked away from my mother’s garden
At the dusking of the day.

I walked away from my mother’s garden
For the season was at a close;
But I shall find her in every garden,
And in the fragrance of every rose.

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from A Rose From My Mother's Garden, released October 12, 2019
Words and tune Ruth Cooke

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Ruth Cooke UK

Wbsite: www.ruthcooke.com
Ruth has been writing and performing songs for many years now but has mostly been too busy living to record anything!
She is mostly to be found at folk clubs and festivals or at small gatherings and round campfires - although she wouldn’t say no to a small stadium!
She loves singarounds wherever they may be and is a regular floor singer at Lewes Saturday Folk Club. ... more

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