Garden Song Explained

Garden Song
Released:1975
Garden Song
Type:single
Artist:John Denver
Album:John Denver
Recorded:1979
Label:RCA
Producer:Milton Okun
Kris O'Conner (Assistant Producer)

"Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975.

The song has been recorded by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Pete Seeger, Fred Penner, Makem and Clancy, Raffi Cavoukian, John Lithgow, Arlo Guthrie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Charlotte Diamond, as well as the Muppets.[1] [2] The version of "Garden Song" covered by John Denver made the national charts.[3]

A picture book version of the song call Inch by Inch: The Garden Song was also created.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Dave Mallett will perform in Norway . Sun Journal. 11 July 2003 . 4 December 2011.
  2. Book: Colin Larkin. The Virgin encyclopedia of country music. 6 December 2011. 1 May 1998. Virgin. 978-0-7535-0236-5. 263.
  3. News: Getting Used to Success . Jon . Halvorsen . Park City Daily News. 2 December 1979 . 4 December 2011.
  4. Book: Mallett . D. . Eitan . O. . Inch by Inch: The Garden Song . HarperCollins . MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection . 1997 . 978-0-06-443481-2 . 2019-07-24 .