In the Garden ( 1912 song ) - wikipedia In the Garden ( 1912 song ) For the Van Morrison song, see In the Garden ( Van Morrison song ). `` In the Garden '' ( sometimes rendered by its first line `` I Come to the Garden Alone '' ) is a gospel song written by American songwriter C. Austin Miles ( 1868 -- 1946 ), a former pharmacist who served as editor and manager at Hall - Mack publishers for 37 years. According to Miles ' great - granddaughter, the song was written `` in a cold, dreary and leaky basement in Pitman, New Jersey that did n't even have a window in it let alone a view of a garden. '' The song was first published in 1912 and popularized during the Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns of the early twentieth century by two members of his staff, Homer Rodeheaver and Virginia Asher. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans recorded the song with vocal quartet and orchestra on March 3, 1950. Tennessee Ernie Ford performed the song on his 1956 platinum album Hymns. A June 18, 1958 recording by Perry Como was part of his album When You Come to the End of the Day. Rosemary Clooney included it on her 1959 MGM Records album Hymns from the Heart. It is also used in juxtaposition to `` Blue Tail Fly '' near the beginning of the Merchant Ivory film The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. The book of poetry Tea by D.A. Powell also refers to the song. Doris Day recorded the song on her 1962 album You 'll Never Walk Alone. Elvis Presley recorded the song on his gospel album How Great Thou Art ( 1967 ). Willie Nelson recorded the song on his 1976 gospel album The Troublemaker. Glen Campbell recorded the song on his 1989 gospel album Favorite Hymns. The gospel song is sung in the closing scene of the film Places in the Heart ( 1984 ) and by Ronee Blakley in the Robert Altman film Nashville ( 1975 ). The song is included on Johnny Cash 's 5 - CD box set Cash Unearthed, released posthumously in November, 2003, and featured on disc 4, My Mother 's Hymn Book. This collection of gospel songs was released as a stand - alone disc six months later. References Jump up ^ Note about Miles Jump up ^ It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 21 - 0344 ( in USA ) and by EMI on the His Master 's Voice label as catalog numbers IP 875 and JDF 393. Jump up ^ RCA Victor Records catalog number LSP - 1885. Jump up ^ Columbia Records catalog number KC 34112. Jump up ^ American Recordings catalog number B0001679 - 02. External links Song lyric In the Garden from HymnTime.com Sheet music and MIDI Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In_the_Garden_(1912_song)&oldid=772497236 '' Categories : American Christian hymns 1912 songs Glen Campbell songs Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2014 Talk About Wikipedia Norsk Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 27 March 2017, at 17 : 02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote i come to the garden alone hymn
Answer: American songwriter C. Austin Miles