On The Front Porch (From "Summer Magic") - Burl Ives (伯尔·艾夫斯)

The old home town looks the same

As I step down from the train

There to meet me was my mama and my papa

Down the road I look and there runs Mary

Hair of gold and lips like cherries

It's good to touch the green green grass of home

Yes they'll all come to meet me

All creatures smiling sweetly

It's good to touch the green green grass of home

The old house is still standing

Though the paint is cracked and dry

And there's an old oak tree that I used to play on

Down the lane I'll walk with my sweet Mary

Hair of gold and lips like cherries

It's good to touch the green green grass of home

Yes they'll all come to meet me

All creatures smiling sweetly

It's good to touch the green green grass of home

Then I awoke and looked around me

That cold gray walls surround me

And I realize that I was only dreamin'

There's a guard and there's a sad old padre

Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak

Again I'll touch the green green grass of home

Yes they'll all come to meet me

In the shadow of that old oak tree

As they lay me beneath the green green grass of home