Shady Grove - Crooked Still

Cheeks as red as a bloomin' rose

Eyes of the prettiest brown

She’s the darling of my heart

Stay till the sun goes down

Chorus:

Shady Grove my little love

Shady Grove my darling

Shady Grove my little love

I’m going back to Harlan

First time I saw Shady Grove

She was standing in the door

Shoes and stockings in her hands

And her little feet on the floor

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Every night when I go home

My wife would try to please her

The more I try the worse she gets

I’ll be damned if I don’t leave her

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I wished I had a big fat horse

And corn to feed him on and

A pretty little girl to stay at home

Feed him when I’m gone

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Wished I had a banjo string

Made of golden twine

And every time I’d play on it

Wish that girl was mine

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Peaches in the summertime

Apples in the fall

If I can’t have the one I love

I won’t have none at all

(Chorus until fade)