| Lyrics: | Green Grow the Lilacs
cho: Green grow the lilacs, all sparkling with dew
I'm lonely, my darling, since parting with you;
But by our next meeting IU'll hope
to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the Red, White and Blue.
I
once had a sweetheart, but now I have none
She's gone and she's left me, I care not for
one
Since she's gone and left me, contented I'll be,
For she loves another one better than
me.
cho:
I passed my love's window, both early and late
The look that she
gave me, it makes my heart ache;
Oh, the look that she gave me was painful to see,
For she
loves another one better than me.
cho:
I wrote my love letters in rosy red
lines,
She sent me an answer all twisted and twined;
Saying,"Keep your love letters and I
will keep mine
Just you write to your love and I'll write to mine."
Note: After
Wildwood Flower, this may be the most universally
folk-processed song ever. Every version I've
seen has at least
one alternate locution; I decided that it wasn't worth listing
all the
variants I've encountered. Lilacs, or Laurels; Red White
and Blue or Orange and Blue;
"sparkling with dew" or "all wet
with the dew" or "and so does the rue" ;"twisted and twined"
or
"twisted with twine" --- etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Nobody's
quite sure what the
words mean (in detail, that is), and probably
a lot of the singers mumbled a good deal; in any
case, don't
worry too much and enjoy. It's a great tune. Oh yes, the story
about this
being the basis for the Mexican epithet of "gringo" is
most likely pure fakelore.
RG
Recorded by the Mitchell Trio, Tony Kraber
@soldier @cowboy @love
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