"Green Fields" was written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller. It was first recorded in 1956 by Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders, and it was a hit for the Brothers Four in 1959.
Collectors' Choice Music has a number of Brothers Four reissues on CD. I have four Brothers Four CD's on my shelf, right next to They Call Us Au Go-Go Singers. What can I say?
-Joe Offer, not a folk purist- (I sent Ebbie a recording of "Greenfields," but it wasn't the right one)