Whose Garden Was This

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"Whose Garden Was This" is a folk song by American singer-songwriter Tom Paxton that reflects on environmental destruction and humanity’s disconnection from nature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song
song
composer Tom Paxton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Tom Paxton NERFINISHED
genre folk
protest song
hasCulturalContext American folk music tradition
hasLyricsForm first-person narrative
hasSubject ecology
environmentalism
human impact on the environment
loss of natural beauty
nature
intendedMessage call for appreciation of nature
warning about environmental degradation
language English
lyricalMood melancholic
reflective
lyricist Tom Paxton NERFINISHED
mainTheme environmental destruction
humanity’s disconnection from nature
performer John Denver NERFINISHED
Tom Paxton NERFINISHED
workType vocal music

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Tom Paxton notableWork Whose Garden Was This