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"Green Green Grass of Home" (Claude "Curly" Putman Jr.) is a country song originally made popular by Tom Jones in 1966. (It had been recorded earlier that year by Jerry Lee Lewis, without success.) Since then it has been a popular cover song, recorded, for example, by Elvis Presley in 1975, by Johnny Cash on his 1968 Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison album, Kenny Rogers on his self-titled album, Kenny Rogers, in 1977, Porter Wagoner, and also by Stompin' Tom Connors on his album Stompin' Tom Connors, 'LIVE' at the Horseshoe in 1971.
Overview
The song is about a man who has been away from home for a while. He tells that he is returning to his small home town in the country. When he steps down from the train, he touches the green grass. His parents and "sweet Mary" (who seems to be an old friend) are there to welcome him. He observes tokens of his childhood, including "the old oak tree that [I] used to play on".
However, then comes a spoken section when he awakens in prison: "Then I awake and look around me, at four grey walls that surround me. And I realize that I was only dreaming." The man is, in reality, awaiting his execution, and he will only return home when he is dead and buried: "Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree, as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home."
Considering the style of the music, the apparent allegory of "home" is heaven, notwithstanding that the meaning could also be taken as it is.
Lyrics for Green, Green Grass Of Home
performed by Elvis Presley
(Claude Putman, Jr.)
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
Yes, they'll all be there to meet me,
All creatures smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
The old house is still standing,
Though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's an old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I'll walk with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me
Cold gray walls surround me
And I realize that I was only dreamin'
There's a guard and there's a sad old padre
Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak
Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all be there to meet me
In the shadow of that old oak tree
As they lay me beneath the green, green grass of home
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