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YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORDING in GCEA tuning if you put your capo on the 4th fret! The last bar is just my own ending to give it a nice finish instead of a fade...
"Country Gardens" is an old English folk tune traditionally used for Morris dancing, that can be dated as far back as 1728, when a version using a very similar tune to the now-popular version appeared in Thomas Walker's Quaker's Opera, written as a parody of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay. It was introduced by traditional folk musician William Kimber to Cecil Sharp near the beginning of the twentieth century, then popularized by a diverse range of musicians from Percy Grainger to Jimmie F. Rodgers. Pop singer Jimmie F. Rodgers sang a version ("English Country Garden"), which reached Number 5 in the UK singles chart in June 1962.