SHADY GROVE

Here are some lyrics to the old bluegrass/folk song, Shady Grove. I found these lyrics online and understand that there are dozens more verses to the song, or different versions that are around. I have found several different versions just by searching the web. 

I later learned the song my grandpa taught me might not be "Shady Grove" but another old song, "Bile That Cabbage Down", but he kinda liked to mix 'em up a little, so who knows. Grandpa was one of a kind, that is for sure! Love it anyway!

This version is my favorite, because this is what my Grandpa Toad sung to me, and this is what he taught me to play a few chords of on the piano. I am not a piano player, and when I play what he taught me it doesn't sound quite like the versions I have heard on youtube and here and there else, but it is still my favorite version! 

Thank you Grandpa Richardson!  

Shady Grove

Peaches in the summertime

Apples in the fall

If I can't have the one I love

I won't have none at all

Chorus:

Shady Grove, my little love

Shady Grove, my darling

Shady Grove, my little love

I'm going back to Harlan

Cheeks as red as the blooming rose

Eyes of the prettiest brown

You are the darling of my heart

Love me when the sun goes down

Fly around, my pretty little dove

Fly around, my daisy

Fly around, my pretty little love

About to drive me crazy

Some come here to fiddle and dance

Some come here to tarry

Some come here to fiddle and dance

I come here to marry