The Green Grass Grew All Around

Appalachian traditional, 1800’s· Novelty / Silly / Funny Songs · p.438

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(LYRICS: WILLIAM JEROME, MELODY: HARRY VON TILZER, 1912)

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THERE ONCE WAS A TREE, A PRETTY LITTLE TREE,

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THE PRETTIEST LITTLE TREE, THAT YOU EVER DID SEE,

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OH! THE TREE IN THE HOLE AND THE HOLE IN THE GROUND,

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AND THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND ALL AROUND,

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AND THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND.

AND ON THAT TREE...THERE WAS A LIMB ETC.

AND ON THAT LIMB...THERE WAS A BOUGH ETC.

AND ON THAT BOUGH...THERE WAS A BRANCH ETC.

AND ON THAT BRANCH...THERE WAS A NEST ETC.

AND IN THAT NEST...THERE WAS AN EGG ETC.

AND IN THAT EGG...THERE WAS A BIRD ETC.

AND ON THAT BIRD...THERE WAS A WING ETC.

AND ON THAT WING...THERE WAS A FEATHER ETC.

AND ON THAT FEATHER...THERE WAS A FLEA ETC.

*Conflicting sources for attribution, so both are included.