Jean Ritchie/Lee Hays
Chorus:
Shady Grove, my little love, Shady Grove, I know. Shady Grove, my little love, bound for Shady Grove. (Last time: Bound for Shady Grove. (Right on over to Lonesome Traveler)
Lips as red as the bloomin` rose, eyes of the deepest brown, You are the darlin` of my heart stay `til the sun goes down.
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I went to see my Shady Grove standin` by the door, shoes and stockings in her hand little bare feet on the floor.
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I wish`d I had a big fat horse, corn to feed him on, pretty little girl to stay at home, you feed him when I`m gone.
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Well, (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I am a lonely and a lonesome traveler (Repeat twice)
I`ve been a-travelin` on.
I traveled in the mountains and in the valleys, (Repeat twice)
Well, I`ve been a-travelin` on.
I traveled cold and then I traveled hungry, well (Repeat twice)
I`ve been a-travelin` on.
Hey, one of these days I`m gonna stop all my travelin`, well (Repeat twice)
Stop all this travelin` on.
I`m gonna keep right on a-travelin` on that road to freedom (Repeat twice)
Well, I`ve been a-travelin` on.