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Green Gravel

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Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green,
But nowhere my lover is here to be seen.
Green gravel, green gravel your true love is dead,
He sent you a letter to turn back your head.

Green gravel, green gravel, go kneel by his side,
One touch of your hands he'll come back to life.

 
Note from E.L. Simons (1952): Another play-party tune from the grandfolks, this song is said to have been composed by Irish Catholics as an attack on Freemasonry, but if so it has lost all meaning as such in this country. For further information see Randolph, OzarK Folksongs, Vol. III, p. 322.

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