Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mandy Patinkin
Vocals
Rebecca Luker
Vocals
The Secret Garden Original Broadway Cast
Performer
Michael Kosarin
Music Director
Jeanine Levenson
Conductor
Kevin Kuhn
Guitar
Steve Schneider
Dulcimer
James Saporito
Percussion
Cecelia Hobbs Gardner
Violin
Ann Labin
Violin
Jean R. Perrault
Violin
Evan Johnson
Violin
Yong Tae Kim
Violin
David Nadien
Violin
Sanford Allen
Violin
Eugene Orloff
Violin
Louann Montesi
Violin
Gerald Terack
Violin
Charles Libove
Violin
Richard Sortomme
Violin
Suzanne Ornstein
Violin
Regis Iandiorio
Violin
Jeff Carney
Bass
John Miller
Bass
Julien Barber
Viola
Susan Prey
Viola
Al Brown
Viola
Harold Coletta
Viola
Mort Shuman
Cello
Maria Kitsopoulos
Cello
Richard Locker
Cello
Jesse Levy
Cello
Nina Kellman
Harp
Keith Underwood
Woodwinds
Andrew Sterman
Woodwinds
Vicki Bodner
Woodwinds
Don McGeen
Woodwinds
Neil Balm
Trumpet
Kaitlin Mahony
French Horn
Katharine Dennis
French Horn
Peter Gordon
French Horn
Matt Finders
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lucy Simon
Composer
M. Norman
Composer
Michael Kosarin
Vocal Arranger
William D. Brohn
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Thomas Z. Shepard
Producer
Sandy Palmer
Assistant Engineer
Ben Rizzi
Mixing Engineer
David Merrill
Mixing Engineer
Paul Goodman
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
A man who came to my valley
A man I hardly knew
A man who came to my garden
Grew to love me
A girl I saw in a valley
A girl I hardly knew
A girl at work in her garden
Grew to love me
From the gate, he called out so kindly
"Lass, wouldst thou 'low me rest here? I've ridden quite far."
"Share my tea" she bade me so gently
Oatcakes and cream, sweet plums in a jar
And every day to my garden
This man, who might he be
Came bearing baskets of roses
For he loved me
All I own I'd give!
Just a garden
All I would ask is never to-
Never to leave!
Say you'll have me
Safe you will keep me
Where you would lead me
There I would
There I would, there I would
There I would go
A man who came to my valley (A girl I saw in a valley)
A man I hardly knew (A girl I hardly knew)
A man who gave me a garden (A girl who gave me a garden)
Grew to love me (Grew to love me)
Writer(s): Marsha Norman, Lucy Simon Levine
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