1.Green, Green
Green Green
The New Christy Minstrels
Written by Minstrel members Barry McGuire and Randy Sparks
Peaked at # 14 in 1963
CHORUS
(Green, green, it's green they say)
(On the far side of the hill)
(Green, green, I'm goin' away)
(To where the grass is greener still)
a-Well I told my mama on the day I was born
'Dontcha cry when you see I'm gone'
'Ya know there ain't no woman gonna settle me down'
'I just gotta be travelin' on'
a-Singin'
CHORUS
Nah, there ain't nobody in this whole wide world
Gonna tell me to spend my time
I'm just a good-lovin' ramblin' man
Say, buddy, can ya spare me a dime?
Hear me cryin', it's a
CHORUS
Yeah, I don't care when the sun goes down
Where I lay my weary head
Green, green valley or rocky road
It's there I'm gonna make my bed
Easy, now
CHORUS
Everybody, I wanna hear it now !!!
CHORUS
(To where the grass is greener still)
(To where the grass is greener still)
FADE
(To where the grass is greener still)
2.Today
Lyricist:Randy Sparks
Today, while the blossom still clings to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
'Ere I forget all the joys that is mine today
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
Today while the blossom still clings to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sleep
Today while the blossom still clings to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
'Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today
3.Three Wheels On My Wagon
Lyricist:Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard
Three wheels on my wagon
And I'm still rolling along
The Cherokees are chasing me
Arrows fly, right on by
But I'm singing a happy song
I'm singing a higgity, haggity, hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die
A mile up the road there's a hidden cave
And we can watch those Cherokees go galloping by
George, they're catching up to us
Get back in the wagon, woman
Two wheels on my wagon
And I'm still rolling along
Them Cherokees are after me
Flaming spears, burn my ears
But I'm singing a happy song
I'm singing a higgity, haggity, hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die
Half a mile up the road there's a hidden cave
And we can watch those Cherokees go galloping by
Duh, Paw? Are you sure this is the right road?
Will you hush up? You and your maps
One wheel on my wagon
And I'm still rolling along
Them Cherokees after me
I'm all in flames at the reins
But I'm singing a happy song
I'm singing a higgity, haggity, hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die
Right around that turn there's a hidden cave
And we can watch those Cherokees go galloping by
George? Should I get the bag of beads and trinkets?
Woman, I know what I'm doing
No wheels on my wagon
So I'm not rolling along
The Cherokees captured me
They look mad, things look bad
But I'm singing a happy song
C'mon all you Cherokees sing along with me
Higgity, haggity, hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die
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