The old hometown looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
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 reaching 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
(Spoke)Then I awake and look around me
At four grey walls that surround me
And I realize, yes, that I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre
Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
You once again I'll touch the green
Green gra** of home
Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me neath the green
Green gra** of home