[2] Kimber, who was later recorded playing the tune on concertina in London in 1948,[3] had performed it in the same way for Morris Dancers in the nineteenth century.
Grainger seemed to have become bored with the tune when he re-orchestrated the piece later in life with intentional "wrong" notes, and remarked:[5] The typical English country garden is not often used to grow flowers in; it is more likely to be a vegetable plot.
[5] The eighteenth century satirical song "The Vicar of Bray" is based on the "Country Gardens" tune.
Pop singer Jimmie F. Rodgers sang a version ("English Country Garden"), which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1962.
[11] The video game Weird Dreams uses the song while the player is in an area called "Country Garden".