Lyrics
(Chorus)Green, green, it's green they say
On the far side of the hill
Green, green, I'm goin' away
To where the grass is greener still
A-well I told my mama on the day I was born
"Dontcha cry when you see I'm gone"
"Ya know there ain't no woman gonna settle me down"
"I just gotta be travelin' on"
a-Singin'
(Chorus)
Nah, there ain't nobody in this whole wide world
Gonna tell me how to spend my time
I'm just a good-lovin' ramblin' man
Say, buddy, can ya spare me a dime?
Hear me cryin', it's a
(Chorus)
Yeah, I don't care when the sun goes down
Where I lay my weary head
Green, green valley or rocky road
It's there I'm gonna make my bed
Easy, now
(Chorus)
Everybody, I wanna hear it now !!!
(Chorus)
To where the grass is greener still
To where the grass is greener still
To where the grass is greener still [7]
Variants, covers and sampling
The New Christy Minstrels also recorded the song in German, named "Grün, grün ist Tennessee".
Green, Green has been covered by many artists from all over the world including:
Japanese version
Poet and children's literature author Hikaru Kataoka took notice of the song in the 1960s. At this time he was working for the Japanese public broadcaster NHK, where he was in charge of production, song writing and translation. He wrote new Japanese lyrics for "Green, Green", [10] and in May 1967, it was broadcast on NHK during the children's programming of Minna no Uta (Songs for Everyone) [11] sung by Suginami Junior Chorus and arranged by Akihiro Komori. Since then the lyrics have become very popular in Japan.
The lyrics have been published in several Japanese music textbooks. [12]
The Twitter account @ShampooCell realized that when watching the American game show Name That Tune, he realized that the song that played, “Green Green” sounded like the "Overworld Theme" for the Nintendo game Super Mario World. So he sent several messages to the YouTuber Thomas Game Docs. Thomas speculates that Koji Kondo was inspired by the Japanese version of "Green, Green" when he was making the game’s music in the 90s, due to the song having a “happy, rhythmical and an easy to remember melody”. [13]
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