Rose Garden Lyrics Meaning. I don't want a song about a break up or sad stuff. I beg your pardon, i never promised you a rose garden aolong with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain some time when you take you gotta give so live and let live or let go i beg your pardon, i never promised you a rose garden

A version with slightly different lyrics is known from galway in 1929. Usually a response given after being blamed by someone for a situation that didn't live up to their lofty (and sometimes unrealistic) expectations. It also became a top ten hit on the easy listening singles chart, reaching the number five position.

T'was down by killarney's green woods that we strayed and the moon and the stars they were shining the moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair and she swore she'd be my love forever.

I beg your pardon i never promised you a rose garden along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime i beg your pardon i never promised you a rose garden i could sing you a tune and promise you the moon but if that's what it takes to hold you i'd just as soon let you go but there's one thing i want you to know Here is the account of how this beautiful hymn was written from the hymn writer, c. Austin miles, himself, “one day in april 1912, i was seated in the dark room where i kept my photographic equipment, and also my organ. T'was down by killarney's green woods that we strayed and the moon and the stars they were shining the moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair and she swore she'd be my love forever.