Hank Snow - Green Green Gra** Of Home lyrics

(It's good to touch the green green gra** of home) The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa And down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green green gra** of home Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areaching smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green green gra** of home The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green green gra** of home And then suddenly I awake and look around me At these cold grey walls that surround me And as then that I realize that I was only dreaming For there stands a guard and there's the sad old padre Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak And once again I'll touch the green green gra** of home