The Green Grass Growing All Around (hi-lo)
by Barney
- Type:
- Diatonic
- Key:
- G
- Posted by:
- waltp
THE GREEN GRASS GROWING ALL AROUND hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Barney
Key: G
Time: 2/4
3 4 4 4 4 -3”
6 7 7 7 7 -6
Oh, once there was a tree
3 3 4 4 4 4 -3”
6 6 7 7 7 7 -6
‘Twas the pret-tiest lit-tle tree
3 3 4 4 4 4 -3”
6 6 7 7 7 7 -6
Did you ev-er see a tree
3 3 4 4 4 -3”
6 6 7 7 7 -6
And the tree in the ground
3 3 4 4 -4 -4
6 6 7 7 -8 -8
And the green, grass grow-ing
-4 -4 5 6 6 6
-8 -8 8 9 9 9
All a-round, all a-round
-5 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 4
-9 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7
The green grass grow-ing all a-round
3 4 4 -3” 3 4 4 -3”
6 7 7 -6 6 7 7 -6
Now on this tree there was a limb
-3” 4 4 4 4 -3”
-6 7 7 7 7 -6
The pret-tiest lit-tle limb
3 3 4 4 4 4 -3”
6 6 7 7 7 7 -6
Did you ev-er see a limb
-3” 4 4 4 -3”
-6 7 7 7 -6
The limb on the tree
-3” -3” 4 4 4 -3”
-6 -6 7 7 7 -6
And the tree in the ground
3 3 4 4 -4 -4
6 6 7 7 -8 -8
And the green grass grow-ing
-4 -4 5 6 6 6
-8 -8 8 9 9 9
All a-round, all a-round
-5 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 4
-9 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7
The green grass grow-ing all a-round