1I come to the garden alone,While the dew is still on the roses,And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,The Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own,And the joy we share as we tarry there,None other has ever known.
2He speaks, and the sound of His voiceIs so sweet the birds hush their singing,And the melody that He gave to meWithin my heart is ringing.
3I’d stay in the garden with HimTho’ the night around me be falling,But He bids me go; thro’ the voice of woe,His voice to me is calling.
Text from archive.org. Public domain in the US and UK.
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In a Church of England funeral hymns may be sung at any suitable point; the Church's own step-by-step guide places one once everyone has gathered and another after the prayers. At a Catholic funeral Mass there is an entrance song, Communion hymns and a closing hymn at the procession.
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In the Garden is in the public domain in the United States (first published 1912) and in the United Kingdom (author died 1946 (out of UK copyright since 1 January 2017)), so the words can be printed in a booklet without permission or a fee.
Printed here as in the source, except: The 1917 source prints the words between the staves of the music, so the division into lines is editorial; it follows the four-line layout of the Wikisource transcription, and capitals the music layout puts on 'Falling' and 'Thro'' in mid-line are lower-cased; Verse-final full stops follow the 1930 printing (Majestic Hymns); the 1917 print has a comma after 'discloses'.