Greener Grows the Grass

DESCRIPTION: "Higher up the mountain, Greener grows the grass, Down came an elephant, Sliding on a threepenny bit (sic.)." 25 navvies work on a line. A donkey comes down the mountain. Ask a policeman; ask him all the day
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: wordplay animal police | mountain grass elephant donkey
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #73, "Greener Grows the Grass" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10756
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Eight Little Cylinders" (tune)
File: NeTT073

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