Green green grass of home

GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

(Curly Putnam)

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1. The old home town looks the same as I step down from the train,
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    and there to meet me is my mama and papa.
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    Down the road I look and there runs Mary, 
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    hair of gold and lips like cherries,
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    it's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

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Yes, they'll all come to see me,  arms a-reaching, smiling sweetly,
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yes, it's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

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2. The old house is still standing, though the paint is cracked and dry,
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    and there's that old oak tree that I used to play on.
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    Down the lane I walk and with my sweet Mary, 
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    hair of gold and lips like cherries,
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    it's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

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3. Then I awake and look around me 
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    at the four gray walls that surround me,
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    and I realize that  I  was only dreaming. 
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    For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre,
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    arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak, 
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    again I'll touch the green, green grass of home.