Walking in the Green Grass

DESCRIPTION: "Walking in the green grass, green grass, green grass, Walking in... grass, so early in the morning." One party has come to get married, and chooses (Susie). Two groups discuss how they will overcome obstacles. At last both agree to the wedding
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Byington/Goldstein-TwoPennyBallads)
KEYWORDS: playparty courting marriage travel food
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Byington/Goldstein-TwoPennyBallads, pp. 123-125, "Walking in the Green Grass" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Walking on the Green Grass" (lyrics)
NOTES [29 words]: Roger Abrahams suggests that this is a repurposed version of "Walking on the Green Grass," which is certainly possible, but it's so different that I decided to split them. - RBW
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