Green greenthe new christy minstrelswritten by minstrel members barry mcguire and randy sparkspeaked at # 14 in 1963chorus(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'chorusnah, there ain't nobody in this whole wide worldgonna tell me to spend my timei'm just a good-lovin' ramblin' mansay, buddy, can ya spare me a dime?hear me cryin', it's achorusyeah, i don't care when the sun goes downwhere i lay my weary headgreen, green valley or rocky roadit's there i'm gonna make my bedeasy, nowchorus <softer>everybody, i wanna hear it now !!!chorus <normal volume>(to where the grass is greener still)(to where the grass is greener still)fade(to where the grass is greener still)