Green Grass (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Green grass, green grass, Growing up so high, For you are the one that I love best, And (Susie) come up to me." If she says no, "You naughty girl, you sassy girl, You ought to be ashamed, For you are the one that I live best, And Susie come up again"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Byington/Goldstein-TwoPennyBallads)
KEYWORDS: playparty courting
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Byington/Goldstein-TwoPennyBallads, p. 125, "Green Grass" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wallflowers" (lyrics)
NOTES [29 words]: This might be derived from "Green Grass (I)," or "Walking on the Green Grass," or something, but it's so short that it's hard to be sure of the source, so I split them. - RBW
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