The Green Grass Grew All Around
Appalachian traditional, 1800’s· Novelty / Silly / Funny Songs · p.451
(Lyrics: William Jerome, Melody: Harry Von Tilzer, 1912)
G D7
There once was a tree,
D7 G
A pretty little tree,
G D7
The prettiest little tree,
D7 G
That you ever did see,
G D7 G D7
Oh! The tree in the hole and the hole in the ground,
G D7 G C
And the green grass grew all a-round all around,
G D7 G
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.