The Grass Grows Greener

(‘Way Down Home)
A popular song from 1928.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Dan Dougherty.

The sheet music:

The-Grass-Grows-Greener – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

The_Grass_Grows_Greener – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Ev’ry time I pass a plot of grass
    In a great big dreary town
    Well, it don’t look like it ought to
    And it’s always trampled down
    It reminds me of a scene I love
    In a place so dear to me
    Where Mother Nature’s colors
    Are what they ought to be

Chorus
Oh, the sun shines so much brighter
And the skies are twice as blue
And the grass grows greener ‘way down home
Oh, the old folks’ hair is whiter
Like the silver in the dew
And the grass grows greener ‘way down home
You’ve never seen such red lips as one certain pair
Or such golden hair, as I’ve got down there
Oh, the heart strings pull much tighter
And the pals are twice as true
And the grass grows greener ‘way down home

  1. I hear city folks tell witty jokes
    ‘Bout the people in the sticks
    They can kid us all they want to
    ‘Bout our being rubes and hicks
    Let me tell you though, that they don’t know
    Half the happiness they miss
    Can’t tell you all about it
    But I might mention this

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: