[00:03.22]The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train [00:12.03]And there to meet me is my mama and papa [00:17.73] [00:21.36]Down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries [00:30.19] [00:30.88]It's good to touch the green green grass of home [00:36.88] [00:39.88]Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areaching smiling sweetly [00:48.75] [00:50.19]It's good to touch the green green grass of home [00:55.82] [00:59.57]The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry [01:07.21] [01:08.33]And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on [01:14.65] [01:17.46]Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries [01:27.19] [01:27.75]It's good to touch the green green grass of home [01:32.94] [01:39.51]Then I awake and look around me at four grey walls that surround me [01:47.94] [01:49.26]And I realize that I was only dreaming [01:51.94] [01:55.63]For there's a guard and there's that sad old padre arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak [02:06.57]And again I'll touch the green green grass of home [02:10.20] [02:13.45]Yes they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree [02:23.51]As they lay me neath the green green grass of home