Shady Grove
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Peaches in the summer time, apples in the fall.
If I can't have the girl I love, I don't want none at all.
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Shady Grove my little love, Shady Grove my darlin'.
Shady Grove my little love, I'm bound for Shady Grove
(var.) I'm going back to Harlin.
Wish I had a banjo string, made of golden twine.
Every tune I'd play on it, I wish that girl was mine.
I wish I had a needle and thread, fine as I could sew.
I'd sew that pretty gal to my side, and down the road I'd go.
Some come here to fiddle and dance. Some come here to tarry.
Some here to fiddle and dance. I come here to marry.
Well, her checks are red as the blooming rose. Her smile is always sunny.
She's the darlin of my heart. Love her better than honey.
Well, every time I walk that road, it's always dark and cloudy.
Every time I see that gal, I always tell her howdy.
Every night when I go home, my wife I try to please her.
The more I try, the worse she gets, damn'd, if I don't leave her.