PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
192 - Green Green Grass Of Home
Verse 1
The old home town looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
^ Hair of gold, and lips like cherries, it’s
Good to touch the green, green grass of home.
Chorus
Yes they’ll all come to meet me
Arms reach-ing, smiling sweet-ly
It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home.
Verse 2
The old house is still stand-ing
Tho’ the paint is cracked and dry
And there’s that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary
^ Hair of gold, and lips like cherries, it’s
Good to touch the green, green grass of home.(to instrumental - no chorus)
Instrumental (8 bars over Chorus)
Verse 3
Then I a-wake, and look a-round me
At four grey walls that sur-round me
And I re-alize that I- was only dream-ing.
For there’s a guard and there’s a sad old padre
^ Arm in arm we’ll walk at daybreak
A-gain I’ll touch the green, green grass of home.
Chorus
Yes they’ll all come to meet me
In the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me ‘neath the green, green grass of home.
Words and music by Curly Putman first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell, is a country song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1965, when it reached No. 4 on the country chart.[2] That same year, it was sung by Bobby Bare and by Jerry Lee Lewis, who included it his album Country Songs for City Folks (later reissued as All Country). Tom Jones learned the song from Lewis' version, and in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green,_Green_Grass_of_Home Live performance by Tom Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u81CTfbc99c