Village Green

Album: Mister Pleasant (1966)
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  • Out in the country
    Far from all the soot and noise of the city
    There's a village green
    Oh, it's been a long time
    Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple
    Down by the village green

    (La, la-la, la, la)
    'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy
    And kissed her by the old oak tree
    (La, la-la, la, la)
    Although I loved my Daisy, I sought fame
    And so I left the village green

    I miss the village green
    And all the simple people
    I miss the village green
    The church, the clock, the steeple
    I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school

    And now all the houses
    Are rare antiquities
    American tourists flock to see the village green
    (La, la-la, la, la)
    They snap their photographs and say "Gawd, darn it
    Isn't it a pretty scene?"
    (La, la-la, la, la)
    And Daisy's married Tom, the grocer boy
    And now he owns a grocery

    I miss the village green
    And all the simple people
    I miss the village green
    The church, the clock, the steeple
    I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school

    And I will return there
    And I'll see Daisy
    And we'll sip tea, laugh
    And talk about the village green
    (La, la-la, la, la)
    We will laugh
    And talk about the village green Writer/s: Raymond Douglas Davies
    Publisher: Abkco Music Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Jim from Philadelphia, PaActually a cool song, like how it displays a connection between the creating of a modern world and a old village "green".
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