Porter Wagoner - Green Green Grass of Home
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2010
- Porter Wagoner sings 'Green, Green Grass of Home' at the Porter Wagoner Show in 1972. This has been a #4 country hit for Porter in 1965. Songwriter was Claude 'Curly' Putman Jr.
Lyric:
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
And 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 arms areached smiling sweetly
It's so 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 that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me at these four grey walls that surround me
And I realize that I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's that sad old padre arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
And again I'll touch the green green grass of home
They'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me neath the green green grass of home - Hudba
I’m Mexican American, when I first heard this song back as a child I had no clue what was being said. As I grew up I learned English but lost track of this gem. Later as an adult I became a professional DJ and had this song requested by a client. It was a dream come true to finally hear and understand this classic song and the name of it. Still makes me teary eyed but now I understand why.
I wish there were more Tejano/Mexican American country artists like Johnny Rodriguez, Freddy Fender and Rick Trevino. That is a country genre I like but not that many artists sing it
@@chrisroberts4017 do you know any artists of this genre?
I lost my sweet Mary to cancer January 16th 2021... I can't wait to walk with my sweet Mary once again!!
Oh so very sorry for your loss! God bless you.
Thank God for CZcams. We can still hear real country music.
Tears streaming down my face listening to the wonderful song and remembering how my Daddy loved it. How I would sit with him and listen to it over and over.
Me too. I miss him so very much. He was from East Texas.
Same here!!
Kentucky
I love Porter's music. He was so unique!!
You know you're getting old, when all the good country artists are gone.
Porter, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones,etc.
Thank God, we have their recordings.
This is REAL country music by one of country's greats!
yes ! and yes !
Really good song I like both old and new country music I grew up on country music
True.. I am from India... What a music..
Yes it is. I love all music. I’m really a rock n roller but my mama played th ear greats for me
3 chords and the truth. All in first position. GREAT
Porter Wagoner is and always will be one of country music`s Greats
It was around late March 1968. I was laying in my bunk and this song came on the radio and as I listened I was overwhelmed with the feeling I would never see home again alive. It was my second month in Nam and as a young inexperienced platoon leader the pressure and fear I would let people down was even greater than my fear of death.I broke down and silently cried in the night and let it all go. Things got better after that, I resigned to my fate and determined I would do what had to be done and concentrate on my duties and responsibilities instead of my fears. It's been over 47 years since I first heard that song but it still brings back strong memories of crying in the dark and feeling so overwhelmed...
Sometimes it's like Johnnie Ray said and you'll feel better if you cry. Congrats on your accomplishments good sirs :D
Jim F thank you for your service
Yeah, the service that involves being in countries you have no reason to be in to fight a war for oil that old rich men started decades ago in the middle east. Thanks so much for keeping american luxuries in check at the price of your lives.
Go away troll. You are what is wrong with this country.
petiteme1960 Fuck you peasant I serve this country. I'm just not delusional enough to think dying for the illusion of fighting communism or fighting for oil in the desert hell holes is a cause I can rightfully stand by. I'm not blinded by patriotism. Think for yourself.
We cut our baby boys in a country that pretends to be about freedoms and liberties. How blinded American can be will be the downfall of the nation.
My mom was also a Missourian (Joplin/Neosho area!) and I grew up all my life listening to Porter! Still love his voice.
Ozark Nixa area always loved Porter Wagoner Jan Howard Wynn Stewart and the many other great Missouri legends
I love this song
Back when country music ment something we have slipped away from our roots
This was my dads favorite song We say goodbye to him tomorrow as he goes to be with mom in heaven .RIp dad I miss you so much.
This was also my Dad's favorite song. He passed in 2011. I play it every year on his birthday.
@@andrewdouris6035 Its a great song. I'm sorry for your loss. Thanks for your comment. Its my dads bday today
My all-time favorite song ❤❤❤
Hello how are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song
That was 49 years ago. Wish I could go back to those years. Porter is one of the greatest men who ever lived. Good singer, entertainer and a wonderful man and person. I wish he was still here with us and still singing those beautiful heart-felt songs. This one in particular will cut your heart out, it is so sad. But love it all the same. That is why his songs are so loved.
One of the best Songs ever...Life passes us so quick.
Mercy Sakes!, they don't make it this good anymore - I loved Porters style, always lookin' good for the camera. Todays country music sucks because non of these people ever starved before.
i'm 16 years old, and i remember me and my dad listening to this on the way to hockey, and road trips, best times of my life, miss you dad
PORTER WAGONER WAS THE BEST MISS HIM EVERY DAY
He is a legend......Hello Penny how is the weather over there?
It's a shame that this would be considered too corny for today's listeners. Because this is like a hymn, a message of compassion and sorrow, and still so beautiful. We've lost something.
I'm 31 i love it.
Ebenezar I'm 24 and I like this song... people need to explain the meaning of the song to us
My grandfather loved porter wagoner. Since he now passed I listen to him.
@Mark Jackson you don't understand the meaning of this song?Lol
Ebenezar i am 15 and love it
One of my all time favorites from my childhood back in West Texas.
JoJo makes me discover really awesome music.
you gotta love Porters flashy suits
The more i listen to this song the tinier i feel
Noone sang this song like my Grandpa! I love and miss you Grandpa!
I'm sorry for your loss.
best singer in the world
How old
Maximum respect to you and your grandfather and rest of family.
I'm 29 years old. My grandfather raised me on old country, and this is one of those songs I still love and appreciate to this day. 💕
you had a great grandfather
Same age I always was into old country can't place where I go it fro tho maybe my step grandpa
@@earlslot8320
YES... But he was dead. I didn't get to meet him. Nor my Great Gramma.
Nothing like old country1
@@gipsie712 So true!
One of the best memories of my life is singing my daddy's songs. He's a formidable man and all our kids will love him to pieces
so sad and yet beautiful
Hello Michele
Porter was one of the true gentlemen of country music. He had one of the best group of musicians to back him and Buck Trent should be in every instrumental hall of fame for his work on guitar and banjo behind Porter. Max McGehee was a tremendous fiddler and the steel player was one of the best also. Porter gave Dolly her big break and also Norma Jean.
R.I.P. Porter, by God you will be missed dearly!
Listening to Porter always makes me miss my Daddy. He loved him and Dolly.
To my own family .love miss those special moments
my Daddy used to sing this when i was little
Hello Lisa
❤❤ this is country
So smooth, yet with such power. Wow!
a Giant of Country Music in every way, R.I.P.
For my grandmother rip grandma we never met but i love you RIP helen monroe Sanders
RIP Helen Monroe Sanders!!!!! Hello Barbara how is the weather over there?
I will always remember all these songs cause I grew up in the green green of the blue grees and on the weekend and in Indiana on week days I had a little bit of two different lifes I always felt i loved it it meant more to me then anything but know body knew me i didnt talk to anyone but i learnt a lot from my older ones
Great song....Hello Wanda how is the weather over there!!
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRY SONGS EVER WRITTEN & SANG BY MANY GREAT ARTIST`s
CountryBoy Williams I agree!!!!
Some are best live and some are best in the studio.
Porter Wagoner excelled in this format with his weekly show. A little bit of both.
That look in his eye as he speaks the narrative. There's no questioning his genuineness with his spontaneity. The man is just a darned good old boy.
Back when country music meant quality entertainment 👌
He really was one of the greats.
Great memories
All versions are great i say Porters is the best.
Still listening to this man for Wagner October 21st 2019 boy it sure sounds good he talked about the Green Green Grass of Home traditional country music is this that I listen to it every day God bless Porter thank you for all the good music that you played and still listening today
porter my 2 year old loves you, this song is what he asks for everytime i open youtube he can even sing along to parts but he's adorable running around the house saying gween gween grass o -- home
Wow. I'm 56 today. I remember watching this particular show with my dad. This song and the way Porter Wagoner performed it is the best version of this song. Nobody sells this song like him. I thought a lot about this song walking home from school one day. My Dad is gone now but he'd love this, like I do. Thank you
I think Elvis did a better job but I still like Porter’s version
loved this song growing up ,singers today just cant deliver an emotional story anymore like porter and orthers did in days gone by ,they knew how top make hits
I used to love the Porter Wagoner Show... Lawrence Welk too. It was clean and pure without the special effects or garbage they have on tv now.
ty sir good old song
Justin Gammon good song
Justin Gammon yes i did
The thing that is missing today is we don't get to know the personalities or get to know the singers. More attention , like you said, is paid to stage effects or the camera man swoops down and around so we can't even see the people very much. Seems like everything we ever used to enjoy has been ruined . But at least we can enjoy this and our memories.
This is mine and my grandfather's song I'm 14 and he is 59 and we are just so similar
Where has COUNTRY music gone?
It is 2020 now and country music has gotten even worse since 8 years ago. Porter, George, Hank, are turning over in their graves!
What a man.
This was the first round dance I learnt from my grandma and only danced it with her until she passed
That folks is what you call country music.
❤ Beautiful ❤️❤️
Very good, I like it.
Yahoo bravo 👏🏽
Nice stand
I watched his show every weekend with my mama when I not yet in Kindergarten. This song is one of my favorites of his.
The breakdown at the end can REALLY get to you the first time you hear this song and don't know what's going to happen. It starts off nice and simple about just enjoying the countryside of your youth when...WHAM! Really pretty and heavy stuff.
Sounds like a beautiful southern Baptist song
The lyrics are about a man on death row who falls asleep and dreams about going back home.
No shit sherlock
@@benji740 I think he was just trying to answer the person who asked what the song was about. He wasn't explaining it to all of us. Why do you have to be so mean talking.
@@beverlymccollum8861 Beverly, he most likely is rude like this all the time
Or….for a lot of us who had to leave our childhood homes and always yearned to go home again….
I was raised up listening to this music and I love it
That is my favorite song, so much beautiful and sad. I adore american blues and country music.
I miss my mom and dad rip this was one of thier favorits .
Sorry
I use to watch porter with my dad, my dad is gone now, I still listen to porter it make me very sad I don't have my dad any more
If your a Vietnam vet coming back to listen to this I love ya mate thank you and trust me man it will get better bro I promise man ✊ #LOOKOUTFORAMATE
what a great song...............never gets old...........thjanks..david c.
Many years ago I first heard this song, and it was Porter who sang it. I really liked it, but never heard it that often until suddenly numerous artists sang and recorded it as well. While there are many different recordings, I still think Porter Wagoner sang it the best.
this song hits me in the heart everytime I here it....in many ways I can relate....
Porter was an awesome entertainer! Loved his music. Nice man.Left us much too soon.
my great grandmaw actually dated porter wagoner!
Mr. Wagoner was born in 1813 and was huge influence on dramatic opera and also grand old opry (opera) and maybe we can say he is father of country music also and rapper known for forward looking fashion way ahead of his time. In a dream he speaks to me and says 'Beware the dissonance of the diminshed triad. I am not too much understand but this is word for word his warning to the world.
I grew up hearing the country music that my parents always played. I always preferred rock myself back then. Only now, can I fully appreciate classic country. This is a great song by an all-time legend. I only wish that I had gone to see him while he was still alive.
I love porter singing this song, but his best song ever is the dream.
My dad use to watch his show on sat night he's gone now sure does bring back great memories
I have heard many versions of this song by different artist, In my opinion this is by far the best.. And one of my favorite
Wow I can't help I'm cryin' over this song.
He was great
I still love listening to Porter Wagoner!
Hello Janice
I justdiscovered Porter and I lovehim.. I watch his videos every day. He and Dolly were great together. There was such chemistry between them.
@@marymurphy937 how are you doing today my name is Eric Moore and how is the weather over there
with you tube country music still lives ,sing it porter it dont get much better then this
MAN I CRY WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG .. I SURE WISH MY FAMILY WAS ALIVE SO I COULD GO HOME .. WELL THAT'SOK I WILL DRIVE 6 HOURS JUNE 2ND JUST TO TAKE FLOWERS TO THERE GRAVES AND THATS WHERE MY GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME IS NOW .. I HAVE BURIED 7 SO FAR AND HAVE 2 MORE BUT HOPEFULLY WITH ME BEING OLDEST I WON'T BURY MY 2 SISTERS I AM NOW 64 .. AND THEY R YOUNGER
I was in Germany in 1965 in the Army and we played this every time we were at a bar!!!!
Great song!!! Very deep lyrics!!! Beautiful
what a lovely song
So do I Ms. Sherri. I'm crying now. It reminds me so much of my sweet grandparents in Springville, Tenn who lived in an "old homeplace." Country music isn't the same. Rest in heavenly peace, Porter.
God Blessed us with Porter Wagoner's Talent!
God doesn’t exist
The grass of home is still green.. In 2019
This song makes me think of my grandparents, seemed like such a great time for country music and just music overall!
Love this song
I sing this at karaoke sometimes :)) Love old country
T💛💛...
Tx for sharing Wayne Jacobs ...Great ole Tune :)))
Me too
God Blessed us With this song, Talent, Porter Wagner, and Curly Putman
Wow, what the hell happened to country music? This is the real deal. Lyrics that actually tell a story, great guitar, fiddle playing and they're all dressed in style. Country artists had a little more class back then compared to this freak show they call country today.
Loved him awesome singer
Hello Elaine
God Blessed us With This Great Talent! Porter Wagoner!
I heard my dad sing these songs loved them.
Porter was Mr Country Music….in my opinion .
Never noticed before but Green Green Grass of Home has a gospel sound to it.
Thank you for sharing this old song.
GREAT SONG/ GREAT SINGER/ RIP/ MISS YA