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Christ in the Garden
Traditional Gospel Hymn;
ARTIST: Nellie S. Richardson. Published by Flanders in Vermont Folk-Songs and Ballads 1932
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: Probably 1800s; 1932 Flanders
RECORDING INFO: Christ in the Garden
Richardson- Flanders: Vermont Folk-Songs and Ballads 1932
OTHER NAMES: "As I Passed the Garden"
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SOURCES: Flanders: Vermont Folk-Songs and Ballads 1932
NOTES: Flanders in Vermont Folk-Songs and Ballads (1932) calls Richardson's five verses a fragment and notes that the hymn was also known in Newfoundland.
"Christ in the Garden" Nellie S. Richardson; pre-1932
As I pass-ed the garden,
I sorrowed to hear,
A voice of contrition,
From one kneeling there.
So deep was his sorrow,
So fervent his prayer,
That down on his forehead,
Rolled the sweat, blood and tear.
I wept to behold him,
I asked him his name,
The answer was, "Jesus,
From Heaven I came."
I am your redeemer
And for you I must die
The cup is most painful,
But it shall pass by.
I ran from the garden,
To spread this abroad,
And I shouted, "Hosanna,
All glory to God."
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