Lyrics I have are from Folk Songs of North America by Alan Lomax 1960. SHADY GROVE CHORUS: Shady Grove, my true love, Shady Grove, I know, Shady Grove, my true love, I'm bound for the Shady Grove. Peaches in the summertime, apples in the fall, If I can't get the girl I love, I won't have none at all. Once I was a little boy, playin' in the sand. Now I am a great big boy, I think myself a man. When I was a little boy, I wanted a whittlin' knife. Now I am a great big boy an' I want a little wife. Wish I had a banjo string made of golden twine, And every tune I'd pick on it is "Wish That Girl Were Mine". Some come here to fiddle and dance; some come here to tarry. Some come here to fiddle and dance; I come here to marry. Ev'ry night when I go home, my wife I try to please her. The more I try, the worse she gets. Damned if I don't leave her. Fly around, my blue eyed girl. Fly around, my daisy. Fly around, my blue eyed girl. Nearly drive me crazy. The very next time I go that road, and it don't look so dark and grazy, The very next time I go that road, I'll stop and see my daisy. I once had a mulie cow, mulie when she was born. Took a jaybird 40 years to fly from horn to horn. Chord progression is: Dm (C) I Dm (C) Dm I Dm C I Am Dm I
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