(Green, green, it's green they say)
(On the far side of the hill)
(Green, green, I'm going away)
(To where the grass is greener still)

Well, I told my mama on the day I was born
Don't you cry when you see I'm gone
There ain't no woman gonna settle me down
I gotta be travelin' on

A singin' (green, green, it's green they say)
(On the far side of the hill)
(Green, green, I'm going away)
(To where the grass is greener still)

There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
Gonna tell me how to spend my time
I'm just a good lovin' ramblin' man
Say buddy, can ye spare me a dime?

Hear me cryin' it's a (green, green, it's green they say)
(On the far side of the hill)
(Green, green, I'm going away)
(To where the grass is greener still)

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, (green, green, it's green they say)
(On the far side of the hill)
(Green, green, I'm going away)
(To where the grass is greener still)

Everybody let me hear ye (green, green, it's green they say)
(On the far side of the hill)
(Green, green, I'm going away)
(To where the grass is greener still)

(To where the grass is greener still)
(To where the grass is greener still)