Country Gardens

Country Gardens is an English folk tune collected by Cecil Sharp and arranged for piano in 1918 by Percy Grainger.

In 2008 Country Gardens was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia Registry.

Format of renditions

The tune and the Percy Aldridge Grainger arrangement for piano and orchestra is a favourite with school orchestras, and other performances of the work include morris dancing. Jimmie Rodgers sang a well-known version. Comedian Allan Sherman used this melody as the tune for his 1963 song, "Here's To the Crabgrass".

See also

• Radio 4 UK Theme

External links

• Historical background
• Listen to 'Country Gardens' on australianscreen online and read more about the title

Video clips

• Played by some Muppets - Rowlf the Dog and Fozzie Bear
• Piano duet
• Student ensemble
• School orchestra
• Morris dancers
• Rolf Harris