The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69136   Message #1170107
Posted By: masato sakurai
24-Apr-04 - 09:40 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Green Gravel
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: GREEN GRAVEL
GREEN GRAVEL, 4aabb, 4ca: It begins:

Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green;
You're the prettiest maiden that ever was seen.

(From: Syllabus of Kentucky folk-songs, by Hubert G. Shearin and Josiah H. Combs, 1911, p. 37)