My grandmother sang this while cleaning, my mom and her sisters have fond memories of it. She was diagnosed with Alzheimers and last time I visited I absent mindedly sung this song and she started singing word for word.
It's so amazing it isn't it...they can't remember what they or you said a minute ago but put on a beloved song and they remember every word...music is amazing My mother would sing this to me when I was little whenever I whined pouted or said something wasn't fair...my mother died on Thanksgiving morning after 12 years of living with Alzheimers...the very next day my brother died...I was going to play this at the beginning of her service but I have decided I'm going to sing it instead.. RIP MDL and TRH
This was my daughters favorite song. She was only 2 when the song was released but she knew the words and could sing along with it. She passed away in July 2020 but this brings her back to me whenever I hear it.
I work in a nursing home on the memory care unit with dementia residents. I loved when this song came on & the residents started singing knowing the majority of the words and we danced a bit. I am glad it randomly played while I was utilizing youtube during music therapy. Lovely song!
Oh boy, this song really takes me back. And I’m only 28. I love these oldies songs. God bless my parents for introducing me to beautiful songs like this one.
March 1971 and my daughter was born. They played this every morning in the hospital, just at feeding time. Always reminds me of my beautiful baby, now a grown woman and still my world . Love this song.
I personally think this is one of the most perfectly arranged songs ever. Every instrument: strings, bass, guitars, steel guitars, drums, etc. is playing the perfect notes at the perfect time for the whole song.
Seriously? There were a lot of angry songs made in the '60s, too, not just love songs. This song isn't exactly a love song either, which is why it's not your typical generic pop song from that era.
I am 60 years old and from Switzerland (Lucerne). I heard this song from Lobo for the first time in 1968 and I still like to listen to it, a great classic. I still like to listen to the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Dennis Herger
I miss how stuff use to be. My gf and I were happy, but we broke up and Not as happy anymore. I am also struggling in school and risking disconnecting from the program.
For some reason, this song was going round inside my head today. So I had to come here for a listen. I was 13 when this came out. I had assembled a cheap little crystal-radio kit on a piece of cardboard, and the local country station had the strongest AM signal. So, while I was more into other music, I developed an appreciation for country. But this song, like some of Patsy Clines' classics, goes way beyond country!
@@pauls6897 Thanks. I never got into amateur or ham-radio. But tempted by the notion of having a radio that would never need batteries, I picked up the this crystal radio kit at the local 'dime-store', for less than $2. IIRC, it was made in Japan, and contained a coil & contact, a long piece of wire, a crystal diode, and a crystal earphone - all needing to be mounted on an un-folded piece of cardboard little bigger than a pack of cigarettes. It seemed to work best on the sill just outside my second-story bedroom window. So there it stayed for a year or two, letting me enjoy my local country station, until the weather finished it off!
It was the Fall of 1970; this song dominated the air waves; however, I was into other music and used to change the radio station. Now years and years later, I adore this song.
My grandad used to blast this while driving, we'd sing along to it when I was a little kid, and now he's on his death bed with cancer. I came to listen to this song to remember the good times with him, when he'd take me to feed the ducks or to go to the park etc.
Back then I was a heavy Rocker - Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd.... When I heard this song on our restaurant Juke Box, I fell in love with Lynn Anderson. What an amazing song, sung so well and without so emotion! Love it. Miss you Lynn, see you in Glory!
Same here! Heep, BTO, Deep Purple, Foghat, loved all of em and still listen to them to this day. But I have a secret passion too - traditional country songs like this one. I have nothing but love and deep respect for people like Lynn, Merle, Johnny, Loretta and the rest. Their music is simply timeless.
Me, too. I listed to rock music all the time and didn't listen to country at all, but years later, I find this song to be so enjoyable to listen to. That's the magic in the music.
I love this beautiful and classic song written by the late singer and song writer Joe South and recorded in 1970 by the late very pretty and very talented singer Lynn Anderson. This song is pure magic! I was born in 1978. I own this song on CD. Thank you for posting and sharing this!
My daughter and I used to sing this and Harper Valley pta aa loud as we could. My daughter passed away, now when I hear it it brings me joy and sadness. Sing with the angels baby girl. ❤
So Sorry for the loss of your beautiful daughter ! The loss of anyone's child is such a sad process ! It begins on the day that they pass away and ends on the day that you join them 😢 Take Care my Friend
My grandmother passed away of a really nasty cancer in December, 2022. A week later I was working on my lawnmower in my garage listening to a random loop of music on Spotify when this came on. I didn’t think much about it at first, but thought it was catchy. A week later I listened to it again while driving home from her funeral and I cried for an hour. I’m not sure what significance it had or how it related to her, but it reminded me of her because I heard it right around the time when we lost her. I generally avoid it, but sometimes I will hear it or listen to it while browsing music and I start to cry when I hear it or think about it.
Penny!...... A song ..... I played a lot! ..... I cried! .. Hearing it tonite ...... many decades later ..... It's less dramatic ..... to me?? I guess this teen ..... finally grew out of the rose garden ...... tried the bowl of cherries?? ..... & can't spit out .... any more pits! ..... That's real life! .... lol
Mon beau-frère m'a offert ce disque juste après le mariage avec ma grande sœur. Voilà 50 ans! J'ai toujours le disque et le garde précieusement. Très belle chanson, entraînante et non commerciale de surcroit. La nostalgie du bon vieux temps😢
Got to see Lynn at a county fair is N. Louisiana back in the 70's. We were just driving around and stumbled onto this county fair, and I got see Lynn and Charlie Pride singing together. It was so magical and wonderful.
50 years ago, I heard that song for the first time on the B-side of a Polish single record. By now I have lived in several countries on three different continents, and I still love this song.
“So smile for a while and let’s be jolly. Love shouldn’t be so melancholy. Come along and share the good times while we can.” So powerful, some of the greatest lyrics ever written from any genre!!!! Same with the chord progression underneath those lyrics, elevates the song from a great and beautiful song to star status!!!!
When this song came out I was at Belmont Highschool in Los Angeles and my first girlfriend that I had in the 10th grade was Rosa Gutierrez who dumped me by stating "I never promised you a Rose Garden". Rosa taught me a very valuable lesson about love, so thank you Rosa Gutierrez from 1970-1971.
Welcome to a great era of music. I was about 10 when this was in the charts. Do I feel old! It was a one hit wonder in the UK. It was one of a number of light easy going songs with beautiful orchestration which were a contrast to more traditional pop songs. Lynn died a few years ago but left us some musical gems on her albums.
My fathers favorite song at the time, playing on a cold winters morning --taking me to work along the snow covered roads! Never hear this without thinking of my dad!
What a beautiful piece of art. These lyrics still echo as advice to our society today. You don’t have to look very far to find stunning, classic music. This was a huge country crossover onto the pop charts and made a number one for Lynn Anderson, and made for platinum sales several times over. Just brilliant.❤😊
Back when a number one song was really very impressive cause it had to climb the charts over weeks and months and generally sweep the whole country to reach the top. Grammy Award for best song of the year, huge crossover number one, made millions of dollars - the perfect AM radio hit and all under three minutes!
You said it perfectly. I've said before, back when this song went #1 people had to like a song well enough to get off their asses and go to a store to buy it. It's easy to sell a million now when you can sit in the comfort of your home and get a song from a zillion available sources. This song went #1 around the world - almost unheard of at that time (especially for a country record), and transformed Lynn Anderson into a superstar.
In this age of narcissism, I think that everyone considering embarking on the great adventure that is a personal relationship should give this amazing song, and Bob Dylan's 'It ain't me babe' a good listening to. . .
this was my grandmother’s favorite song, i never got to meet her but my mom says if you hear your ears ring, she’s in the room. my ears ring whenever i play this song❤️❤️ wish i could’ve met you grandma violet
I was 7 yts old when i heard Lynn Anderson sing Rose Garden and i was hooked! That song brings back so many great memories. Loved it then and at 60 i'm still in love. Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden album is 1 of my top 5 GOATS❤
can you please let is know your other GOAT S ? JUST curious .or nosey ....heehee 😃. I first heard this at age 8 and although there are songs i recall liking and singing along to at a much younger age, this popped in my head tonight . Now I've been playing it in loop and sending it to my sibs etc 🥰! I love her voice and it really is SUCH a great anD HEARTWARMING song isn't it 😃✌️?!✨🌜🎵🎫🙂🎶✨🌕🌛
@@SicilianGirl108Hello from Alaska🐾🦅 Well, thx for asking lol but my other GOATS are (NOTE i love all genre of music so my list may not make sense lol) Here goes: Patsy Cline, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews and Maria Callas! What do you think? Who are yours?🫡🤔
My had Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but she loved this song for many years. We liked her Christmas album too. I still have it and listen to it every Christmas.
I suffer from mental illmess since childhood (bipolar disorder and CPTSD). I heard this song as a child and loved it, this was probably around year 2000. It made me feel both happy and on the verge of melancholy. I was 10 and my life was going in a bad direction but I was still okay. About 10 years later I played this on repeat in my manic states, and sometimes even in the severe depressive episodes, but then I cried to it instead of it fueling me with power like the times when I was "up". Ironic.
Had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Anderson perform this live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa Exhibition in August of 1977. She opened for, the one and only ... Bob Hope. Twas grand!
I remember seeing her perform live back in the 1970s when i was quite young, and was lucky enough to get two autographs from her after the show. One of them was on my left arm that i showed off at school the next day, lol.
When I was about 4 years old (1971) my Mom and I used to sing this all of the time. It was on the radio and we also had the album that is displayed above. I actually still have that album today. One day Mom wanted to record the 2 of us singing. That's what we did. I so wish I still had that cassette tape but sadly I don't. My Mom passed away 2 years ago today, September 27, 2021. I sing it often and did twice today. I could feel Mom's presence while I was singing. Especially the first time through. This song brings me great joy and great memories. I miss my Mom very much but I experience great joy and calmness whenever I hear it. Thank you Lynn Anderson and all of those responsible for this beautiful song. I will cherish it always.
So many songs remind us of the loved ones we lost. I believe we'll be with our loved ones in time. Pain free and happy, you'll be able to sing with your Mom again.
Fourth grade, Rockford IL when this song was a hit. So grateful and lucky to be born when and where I was. Ms. Anderson, thank you for this beautiful song and the memories that go with it.
Hello 👋 Leona. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I’m Zack Hudson and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
Man, this song just blows me away. I grew up on rock, classical, a little country, and pop. Didn't much care for country, but my parents did. I'm glad I had the sense to just listen. I remember hearing this song for the first time. I fell in love with Lynn, the song, and especially that steel guitar! Still in love.
I remember seeing her perform live back in the 1970s when i was quite young, and was lucky enough to get two autographs from her after the show. One of them was on my left arm that i showed off at school the next day, lol.
My favorite part of the song is: “So smile for a while and let's be jolly Love shouldn't be so melancholy Come along and share the good times while we can”
So many people have replied to me about this post. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has posted comments and the kind words written therein. It is very gratifying to see there are so many great people out there. Thank you so much!
'Rose Garden', fitted in nicely with the mellow vibes of early-70s pop radio. A very pleasant piece of country-pop and an optimistic anthem which is graced by Lynn Anderson's fine, sweet vocals and a lush, inviting production.
I remember seeing her perform live back in the 1970s when i was quite young, and was lucky enough to get two autographs from her after the show. One of them was on my left arm that i showed off at school the next day, lol.
Absolutely a wonderful song, and we will miss you Lynn Anderson, rest in peace. Don’t know how many of you know this but she grew up in the Sacramento, California area. I live elsewhere now but in the mid-1980s I was living in the Sacramento area. at least a couple of times a week, I would pass her old high school Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, California (she was class of 1965).. Although Nashville and country music fame lured her away from Sacramento, she will always be a Bella Vista Bronco, and will be remembered proudly. FYI, I am not a graduate of Bella Vista nor did I attend there, I am writing that based on What I was told and impressions I got when I was living in that area. Nothing like that was posted at least here, so I thought I would do it.
Ilike this song as it is realistic. What ruins many relationships, is the fact many people are immature and think love is always been happy or in agreement with one' partner. And that is not true, we must take time to adapt ourselves to the other person, to make things work.
Thanks to Joe South for this great song. He was a gifted songwriter. RIP brother. Listened to him sing many of his songs while serving active duty in the late sixties.
This ONE song (and singer) did more for country music's mainstream acceptability than probably any other. The singer & the song expanded the listening audience for country music.
My teacher who was country used to tell me this from time to time. Funny, how somethings just stay with you. Great song, words and meaning. It will always be country to me and I used it whenever I can with my colleagues, family and friends.
Crazy how songs take you back. And the things you associate that song with. I think of myself in my frilly Sunday dress on my way to church with my family. I must have been about three years old. Miss those innocent days.
Hello 👋 Kathleen. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I’m Zack Hudson and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
I was dead 9 times on the operating table but the theatre staff put this on and i came back from the dead with the holy jesus at my side. My brain tumour disolved and instead turned into 250 billion bitcoin.
I sang with Lynn many years ago when I lived in L.A. then I moved 2 Tennessee I fell in love with a girl named sussy bogus that did not work out I still sing there.l
I have loved this record since I was eleven, I'm sixty four now 😢. I don't know what it is the lyrics the melody the arrangement the singer a bit of everything perhaps. Never get tired of listening.😊.
❤To boli časy, keď hudba bola melodická a texty krásne, dodávali energiu a nádej do života. Hudba mojich rodičov, ale aj keď mne je 55 a som už z ďalšej generácie, túto hudbu milujem, a šarm spevákov a hudobníkov tej doby mi pripadá úžasný. Pozdravujem zo Slovenska všetkých Američanov aj Američanov zo Slovenska. 🙂🙋♂
Thanks for this. I always listen to this because it was my Grandads favourite song, but he passed away in 17th October 2018.😭 RIP Grandad. Love him X.😊
🎉I'm playing this at my country and western birthday party bash in August🎉
My father played this to my mother on a jukebox when they first dated. Rest in peace mam and dad.
I'm sure when you play this song your dad and mom will be smiling over you ❤🙏
NOBODY DIES 🎉🎉🎉
They are always in our hearts ❤
Not very far
Love it, Love it, Love it
Me too
My grandmother sang this while cleaning, my mom and her sisters have fond memories of it.
She was diagnosed with Alzheimers and last time I visited I absent mindedly sung this song and she started singing word for word.
What a beautiful story! thank you for sharing 😊
Ooooh, that is so sweet. ♥♥♥
God, your comment made me tear up. Reminds me of my grandma.
Wow - it must have had some deep meaning for her!
It's so amazing it isn't it...they can't remember what they or you said a minute ago but put on a beloved song and they remember every word...music is amazing
My mother would sing this to me when I was little whenever I whined pouted or said something wasn't fair...my mother died on Thanksgiving morning after 12 years of living with Alzheimers...the very next day my brother died...I was going to play this at the beginning of her service but I have decided I'm going to sing it instead..
RIP MDL and TRH
This song is so great. An oldie that never gets outdated.❤
This was my daughters favorite song. She was only 2 when the song was released but she knew the words and could sing along with it. She passed away in July 2020 but this brings her back to me whenever I hear it.
I’m so sorry hun 🥺
@@mimizee6548 Thank you. It's really difficult to lose a child.
@@tsomoza, so if I'm doing the math correctly, she'd have been about 52? That's so young. I'm very sorry for your loss!
@@tsomoza so sorry to hear! Sending Much Love xx xx
@@dawnsmith1796 Thank you for your kind words. It's nice to know there are people like you out there.
I work in a nursing home on the memory care unit with dementia residents. I loved when this song came on & the residents started singing knowing the majority of the words and we danced a bit. I am glad it randomly played while I was utilizing youtube during music therapy. Lovely song!
Hey melle👋👋
What a belt and thanks knackas x
Ava barber did a version of this song on Lawrence well show she was ok but nothing holds a candle to this song👍
Music Therapy is a dream come true
How many pillows have you put over the head of residents with your Angel Of Death complex?
Yes. This takes me back to when my mom was still young and happy. Always playing in the house 😢😢🎉❤❤
You thistle me back in time to my mum right after you got married Her and her family and my mum xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxx
R.I.P Lynn Anderson, you will be missed and thank you for making this beautiful song 🙏🌹
So smile a while and let's be jolly.........enjoy the good times while they last. How true that is.❤❤
Unvergesslich!!!!!
My Dad is in heaven now and this song still brings back memories of my Mom and Dad!
Oh boy, this song really takes me back. And I’m only 28. I love these oldies songs. God bless my parents for introducing me to beautiful songs like this one.
Misael Toral you are lucky brother
Misael Toral rose garden wasn’t fun
I am 41 year old end i love this song too
Misael Toral Those Southerns like there Country Music I was at a Night Club in San Antonio, TX the had a dance floor the size of a Basket ball court
Dads and mums are great
March 1971 and my daughter was born. They played this every morning in the hospital, just at feeding time. Always reminds me of my beautiful baby, now a grown woman and still my world . Love this song.
Hello
❤❤❤👍
One of my sister's was born March 1971 😊
Hi Lynne
I was born June 1971..lovely song 🎶
I personally think this is one of the most perfectly arranged songs ever. Every instrument: strings, bass, guitars, steel guitars, drums, etc. is playing the perfect notes at the perfect time for the whole song.
Only behind "All my loving" by The Beatles which also has a country delicious flavor.
I was a child country singer and this song is a staple. Thx Lynn
Said everything I was thinking
@@jackmcdouglas4126 what's
Yes she has a beautiful voice
I wish we were still living in 60's America where artists were singing beautiful love songs not angry tirades.
Seriously? There were a lot of angry songs made in the '60s, too, not just love songs. This song isn't exactly a love song either, which is why it's not your typical generic pop song from that era.
@@alondathomas293 Hey Joe! (Jimmy Hendrix)
Bad moon rising (Credennse CR)
The world has changed so much, it has become a horrible place!
@@josecarvalho9388 greed and power will destroy us all.
Lynn Renée Anderson (September 26, 1947 - July 30, 2015) What a beautiful lady, RIP!
I am 60 years old and from Switzerland (Lucerne). I heard this song from Lobo for the first time in 1968 and I still like to listen to it, a great classic. I still like to listen to the music of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Dennis Herger
Reminds me of childhood. When life was good, nice, honest and kind. How I miss those days…
I know right 🤔🤔
me too
I miss how stuff use to be. My gf and I were happy, but we broke up and Not as happy anymore. I am also struggling in school and risking disconnecting from the program.
The world changed in 2,000 for the worst:( GB everyone xo
Where did you live you lucky dog?
Yes!!
For some reason, this song was going round inside my head today. So I had to come here for a listen.
I was 13 when this came out. I had assembled a cheap little crystal-radio kit on a piece of cardboard, and the local country station had the strongest AM signal. So, while I was more into other music, I developed an appreciation for country. But this song, like some of Patsy Clines' classics, goes way beyond country!
Props for the crystal-set! I'm in amateur radio.
@@pauls6897 Thanks. I never got into amateur or ham-radio. But tempted by the notion of having a radio that would never need batteries, I picked up the this crystal radio kit at the local 'dime-store', for less than $2. IIRC, it was made in Japan, and contained a coil & contact, a long piece of wire, a crystal diode, and a crystal earphone - all needing to be mounted on an un-folded piece of cardboard little bigger than a pack of cigarettes. It seemed to work best on the sill just outside my second-story bedroom window. So there it stayed for a year or two, letting me enjoy my local country station, until the weather finished it off!
Omg!!! Mee2!!! Wow!!!
Brilliant my daughter loved this she was 3 yrs old, shes 29 now xx she still loves it make her cry xx
This song fifty years later still hits the spot.
Cool Sound wollex Witten Germany
The beauty of music
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It was the Fall of 1970; this song dominated the air waves; however, I was into other music and used to change the radio station. Now years and years later, I adore this song.
Dude how old are you like 58? I'm 39
@@basilaydyingm7506 do your math he would have been 8 years old in 1970
I was born in 1970!!
The sounds in my grandpa's garage!
I was dancing in my crib in 1970
One of the biggest hits in popular music history. Went #1 around the world in 1971.
My mom, who passed when I was a teen, used to sing this all the time around the house. ❤
Paws_and_heart. I feel so sorry for your loss. Your mom had great taste in music. There was happily while your mom was alive.
I'm sorry for your loss, may your mom rest in peace 🙏
Meine Mutter auch ich war gerade 10 jahre😢
❤
Lynn was a sweet lady whom struggled much but put out such beautiful music. Her voice just was sweet and comfort. She is very much missed.
My grandad used to blast this while driving, we'd sing along to it when I was a little kid, and now he's on his death bed with cancer. I came to listen to this song to remember the good times with him, when he'd take me to feed the ducks or to go to the park etc.
THE LIFE PASS BY ... but what you left stay for ever .. We miss you Lynn Anderson
This was as big a hit as any recording artist could have had at the time, and she had it.
Back then I was a heavy Rocker - Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd.... When I heard this song on our restaurant Juke Box, I fell in love with Lynn Anderson. What an amazing song, sung so well and without so emotion! Love it. Miss you Lynn, see you in Glory!
Did you know Joe South wrote this and he also wrote Hush by Deep Purple?
Same here! Heep, BTO, Deep Purple, Foghat, loved all of em and still listen to them to this day. But I have a secret passion too - traditional country songs like this one. I have nothing but love and deep respect for people like Lynn, Merle, Johnny, Loretta and the rest. Their music is simply timeless.
Me, too. I listed to rock music all the time and didn't listen to country at all, but years later, I find this song to be so enjoyable to listen to. That's the magic in the music.
Me too, UriahHeep100, !
@@steveschellenberg7485 Wow! Seriously? Thank you for sharing this!
A big hit between late 1970 and early 71. Bigger on the country charts. Very well done!
It was popular in NZ
It went #1 around the world - 16 different countries. It topped the country, adult contemporary, and pop charts. Unheard of at the time.
I love this beautiful and classic song written by the late singer and song writer Joe South and recorded in 1970 by the late very pretty and very talented singer Lynn Anderson. This song is pure magic! I was born in 1978. I own this song on CD. Thank you for posting and sharing this!
My daughter and I used to sing this and Harper Valley pta aa loud as we could. My daughter passed away, now when I hear it it brings me joy and sadness. Sing with the angels baby girl. ❤
Aw sorry for your loss recently truly I am 😢
@@gemmabryden4864 Thank you so much. I really do appreciate it. 💙
@@francesalexander2545 aw bless that's ok my late mum loved this song is well
So Sorry for the loss of your beautiful daughter ! The loss of anyone's child is such a sad process ! It begins on the day that they pass away and ends on the day that you join them 😢 Take Care my Friend
My grandmother passed away of a really nasty cancer in December, 2022. A week later I was working on my lawnmower in my garage listening to a random loop of music on Spotify when this came on. I didn’t think much about it at first, but thought it was catchy. A week later I listened to it again while driving home from her funeral and I cried for an hour. I’m not sure what significance it had or how it related to her, but it reminded me of her because I heard it right around the time when we lost her. I generally avoid it, but sometimes I will hear it or listen to it while browsing music and I start to cry when I hear it or think about it.
It's because she knows and loves you
Did you get the message...rain comes ..live life and enjoy.....it ends and pain comes..tell everyone
The most important lyrics is " take and give or let go.."
This is a song i grew up hearing it always makes me smile my mom used to turn up the radio every time it came on..
Penny!...... A song ..... I played a lot! ..... I cried! .. Hearing it tonite ...... many decades later ..... It's less dramatic ..... to me?? I guess this teen ..... finally grew out of the rose garden ...... tried the bowl of cherries?? ..... & can't spit out .... any more pits! ..... That's real life! .... lol
Me too
Still one of the 10 best songs ever
Yes, I remember this song similarly. :-) 🌷
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I adore this tune. I'm a 54 year old in the UK, who loved electro but deep down C&W and this tune absolutely hits all the spots, thank you.
My dad was a HUGE fan! I was a kid, and would sit with him and listen to her.
Mon beau-frère m'a offert ce disque juste après le mariage avec ma grande sœur. Voilà 50 ans! J'ai toujours le disque et le garde précieusement. Très belle chanson, entraînante et non commerciale de surcroit. La nostalgie du bon vieux temps😢
Got to see Lynn at a county fair is N. Louisiana back in the 70's. We were just driving around and stumbled onto this county fair, and I got see Lynn and Charlie Pride singing together. It was so magical and wonderful.
50 years ago, I heard that song for the first time on the B-side of a Polish single record. By now I have lived in several countries on three different continents, and I still love this song.
“So smile for a while and let’s be jolly. Love shouldn’t be so melancholy. Come along and share the good times while we can.”
So powerful, some of the greatest lyrics ever written from any genre!!!! Same with the chord progression underneath those lyrics, elevates the song from a great and beautiful song to star status!!!!
Hey how are you doing today..?
When this song came out I was at Belmont Highschool in Los Angeles and my first girlfriend that I had in the 10th grade was Rosa Gutierrez who dumped me by stating "I never promised you a Rose Garden". Rosa taught me a very valuable lesson about love, so thank you Rosa Gutierrez from 1970-1971.
Under 30 and find this song great! Who else?
34 just arrived 😎
18 and found out about this song since my 48 year old mom told me she used to love this song as a kid
Welcome to a great era of music. I was about 10 when this was in the charts. Do I feel old! It was a one hit wonder in the UK. It was one of a number of light easy going songs with beautiful orchestration which were a contrast to more traditional pop songs. Lynn died a few years ago but left us some musical gems on her albums.
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Here!
I was only 4 when this song was released, now 57 and still love it💜💜💜
I just introduced this song to my 13 year old granddaughter, explained this is a classic and one of the best songs ever sung ❤.
Hello Karen
How are you doing today?
My fathers favorite song at the time, playing on a cold winters morning --taking me to work along the snow covered roads! Never hear this without thinking of my dad!
What a beautiful piece of art. These lyrics still echo as advice to our society today. You don’t have to look very far to find stunning, classic music. This was a huge country crossover onto the pop charts and made a number one for Lynn Anderson, and made for platinum sales several times over. Just brilliant.❤😊
One of my favorites
Ein gute Laune Lied! Habe ich schon als Kind gehört. Unvergessen.
Back when a number one song was really very impressive cause it had to climb the charts over weeks and months and generally sweep the whole country to reach the top. Grammy Award for best song of the year, huge crossover number one, made millions of dollars - the perfect AM radio hit and all under three minutes!
You said it perfectly. I've said before, back when this song went #1 people had to like a song well enough to get off their asses and go to a store to buy it. It's easy to sell a million now when you can sit in the comfort of your home and get a song from a zillion available sources. This song went #1 around the world - almost unheard of at that time (especially for a country record), and transformed Lynn Anderson into a superstar.
thats true
My Mum used to listen to this on a Sunday whilst doing housework, god, I couldn't stand it, funny now, I love it
Same 😂😂
"Whilst" ? Oh heck, so this was popular in the UK too? Love it!
@@choirboyfromhell1 Yep, this song was a banger everywhere
Fantastic female country vocalist !!
Thank you Joe South for writing this wonderful song. Lynn did a wonderful job on this song and others that Joe South wrote.
In this age of narcissism, I think that everyone considering embarking on the great adventure that is a personal relationship should give this amazing song, and Bob Dylan's 'It ain't me babe' a good listening to. . .
As an avid classic rocker, I love these 60s and 70s chicks , such easy listening, long may this music live.
Hello how are you doing today…?
God, thank you for loving us so much and for saving us. Everyday. 🤍
this was my grandmother’s favorite song, i never got to meet her but my mom says if you hear your ears ring, she’s in the room. my ears ring whenever i play this song❤️❤️ wish i could’ve met you grandma violet
Time to call the ghostbusters
That is really sweet but scary
I was 7 yts old when i heard Lynn Anderson sing Rose Garden and i was hooked! That song brings back so many great memories. Loved it then and at 60 i'm still in love. Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden album is 1 of my top 5 GOATS❤
can you please let is know your other GOAT S ? JUST curious .or nosey ....heehee 😃.
I first heard this at age 8 and although there are songs i recall liking and singing along to at a much younger age, this popped in my head tonight . Now I've been playing it in loop and sending it to my sibs etc 🥰! I love her voice and it really is SUCH a great anD HEARTWARMING song isn't it 😃✌️?!✨🌜🎵🎫🙂🎶✨🌕🌛
@@SicilianGirl108Hello from Alaska🐾🦅 Well, thx for asking lol but my other GOATS are (NOTE i love all genre of music so my list may not make sense lol) Here goes: Patsy Cline, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews and Maria Callas! What do you think? Who are yours?🫡🤔
My had Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but she loved this song for many years. We liked her Christmas album too. I still have it and listen to it every Christmas.
Hey 👋
This is so nostalgic. I'm 47 now, but remember listening to it as a little girl.
I suffer from mental illmess since childhood (bipolar disorder and CPTSD). I heard this song as a child and loved it, this was probably around year 2000. It made me feel both happy and on the verge of melancholy. I was 10 and my life was going in a bad direction but I was still okay. About 10 years later I played this on repeat in my manic states, and sometimes even in the severe depressive episodes, but then I cried to it instead of it fueling me with power like the times when I was "up". Ironic.
I hope you're doing okay these days
Had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Anderson perform this live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa Exhibition in August of 1977. She opened for, the one and only ... Bob Hope. Twas grand!
I remember seeing her perform live back in the 1970s when i was quite young, and was lucky enough to get two autographs from her after the show. One of them was on my left arm that i showed off at school the next day, lol.
✝️🌍✝️absolutely true ...my Sisters Loved this song in 1965 in Germany,I read the book♥️✝️💔💔💔✝️😭thank you always♥️✝️💔😭✝️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲♥️✝️
When I was about 4 years old (1971) my Mom and I used to sing this all of the time. It was on the radio and we also had the album that is displayed above. I actually still have that album today. One day Mom wanted to record the 2 of us singing. That's what we did. I so wish I still had that cassette tape but sadly I don't. My Mom passed away 2 years ago today, September 27, 2021. I sing it often and did twice today. I could feel Mom's presence while I was singing. Especially the first time through. This song brings me great joy and great memories. I miss my Mom very much but I experience great joy and calmness whenever I hear it. Thank you Lynn Anderson and all of those responsible for this beautiful song. I will cherish it always.
So many songs remind us of the loved ones we lost.
I believe we'll be with our loved ones in time. Pain free and happy, you'll be able to sing with your Mom again.
I'm so sorry for your loss, may your mom rest in peace and watch over you from heaven 🙏🕊
Tanti ricordi con questa bellissima voce di lynn restera' per sempre una delle mie canzoni preferite
Fourth grade, Rockford IL when this song was a hit. So grateful and lucky to be born when and where I was. Ms. Anderson, thank you for this beautiful song and the memories that go with it.
My mam n dad met when this was released in 1971, I was in my mam’s belly, out of every song ever this is my favourite song
Hello 👋 Leona. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I’m Zack Hudson and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
I can still hear my mom singing this while cooking and cleaning in the kitchen.
I miss her so much.
The arrangement of this song is sublime
Awesome Recording! Awesome Song! Lynn Anderson is in Heaven singing all her songs reunited with singers and musicians!
Love this song. She is great. My grandparents loved it too.
Man, this song just blows me away. I grew up on rock, classical, a little country, and pop. Didn't much care for country, but my parents did. I'm glad I had the sense to just listen. I remember hearing this song for the first time. I fell in love with Lynn, the song, and especially that steel guitar! Still in love.
I remember seeing her perform live back in the 1970s when i was quite young, and was lucky enough to get two autographs from her after the show. One of them was on my left arm that i showed off at school the next day, lol.
My Mother hammered all this in my head God rest her soul she was always right
My favorite part of the song is:
“So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can”
Hello how are you doing today…?
@@oscarlandrum hello, I’m doing a lot better today. It’s been a stressful week.
@@93seronica oh I see I'm so glad to hear from you if I may where are you originally from.?
So many people have replied to me about this post. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has posted comments and the kind words written therein. It is very gratifying to see there are so many great people out there. Thank you so much!
Wunderschöne Stimme. Vorallem unvergesslich. Danke, Tack sa mueket. Peter Mannheim Tyskland😀😀😀
My Mothers favorite when she was still with us. Miss her 😢
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I felt that one to the core..
🥺I'm feeling it
Im so sorry for your loss
Great people here. Thank you for your kindness
'Rose Garden', fitted in nicely with the mellow vibes of early-70s pop radio.
A very pleasant piece of country-pop and an optimistic anthem which is graced by Lynn Anderson's fine, sweet vocals and a lush, inviting production.
I remember seeing her perform live back in the 1970s when i was quite young, and was lucky enough to get two autographs from her after the show. One of them was on my left arm that i showed off at school the next day, lol.
Absolutely a wonderful song, and we will miss you Lynn Anderson, rest in peace.
Don’t know how many of you know this but she grew up in the Sacramento, California area. I live elsewhere now but in the mid-1980s I was living in the Sacramento area. at least a couple of times a week, I would pass her old high school Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, California (she was class of 1965).. Although Nashville and country music fame lured her away from Sacramento, she will always be a Bella Vista Bronco, and will be remembered proudly.
FYI, I am not a graduate of Bella Vista nor did I attend there, I am writing that based on What I was told and impressions I got when I was living in that area. Nothing like that was posted at least here, so I thought I would do it.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing with us.
Ilike this song as it is realistic. What ruins many relationships, is the fact many people are immature and think love is always been happy or in agreement with one' partner. And that is not true, we must take time to adapt ourselves to the other person, to make things work.
In my life i believe this song is definitely up there on my list..
Thanks to Joe South for this great song. He was a gifted songwriter. RIP brother. Listened to him sing many of his songs while serving active duty in the late sixties.
This ONE song (and singer) did more for country music's mainstream acceptability than probably any other. The singer & the song expanded the listening audience for country music.
My teacher who was country used to tell me this from time to time. Funny, how somethings just stay with you. Great song, words and meaning. It will always be country to me and I used it whenever I can with my colleagues, family and friends.
I could listen to this song over and over again nonstop...
Crazy how songs take you back. And the things you associate that song with. I think of myself in my frilly Sunday dress on my way to church with my family. I must have been about three years old. Miss those innocent days.
Hello 👋 Kathleen. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I’m Zack Hudson and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
I was dead 9 times on the operating table but the theatre staff put this on and i came back from the dead with the holy jesus at my side. My brain tumour disolved and instead turned into 250 billion bitcoin.
That is supposed to be what? Funny?
Absolutely one of the best songs ever written, produced and performed by any artist. Definitely in my Top 10. Hands down.
Written by Joe South
I was 8 years old when I first heard this song; 52 years later, I'm still loving it! RIH, Lynn 😇💓
i was 9 & still remember ever word
I was 10 and loved it.
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I was a freshmen in highschool when this came out. Loved it then and still do!
Still watering the roses....thanks Lynn for the lovely song.
I sang with Lynn many years ago when I lived in L.A. then I moved 2 Tennessee I fell in love with a girl named sussy bogus that did not work out I still sing there.l
I have loved this record since I was eleven, I'm sixty four now 😢. I don't know what it is the lyrics the melody the arrangement the singer a bit of everything perhaps.
Never get tired of listening.😊.
I'm 34 I just found this on UA-cam and it's just amazing ❤
❤To boli časy, keď hudba bola melodická a texty krásne, dodávali energiu a nádej do života. Hudba mojich rodičov, ale aj keď mne je 55 a som už z ďalšej generácie, túto hudbu milujem, a šarm spevákov a hudobníkov tej doby mi pripadá úžasný. Pozdravujem zo Slovenska všetkých Američanov aj Američanov zo Slovenska. 🙂🙋♂
Thanks for this. I always listen to this because it was my Grandads favourite song, but he passed away in 17th October 2018.😭 RIP Grandad. Love him X.😊
Wow! I've been listening to this song for over 20 years! Love it
This was on the radio all the time when I was 8 to 11. Always enjoyed it, thought it was a good song. Well written.
This was my granny's favorite song she passed away on June 2019
She’s good and blessed with a beautiful voice that can move Mountain, where are you watching from?
This happy song needs to be played on every Radio Station...everyday...❤
My Mother use to listen to this also. Funny how profound it seems to have become. I'm loving it though. Smile and love life and laugh sometimes. Relax
This is a favourite song of mine, I never get tired or it. Lynn was one of the very best and left far too soon
My Mother loved this song, where have all the years gone..😊
These were the greatest days to be alive. God i miss it
What a beauty!!