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LITTLE BOY IN GREEN Sung by: Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Ash Recorded in Evening Shade, AR 6/30/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Happiness and gay Were the scenes upon the racetrack On the derby day. Mounted on a gelding, A horse they named Syree, Was the people's favorite, The little boy in green. Chorus: Little boy in colors green, A lad with golden hair. A pair of bright blue eyes Shone from a face so fair. The people cheered when he appeared, For they had never seen So fair a face to enter a race As the little boy in green. Seated in the grandstand, Among the rich and grand, Sat a widowed mother, Waiting for her lad. Her only son a jockey, Though in tender years, Bring her many a sorrow, Bring her many a tear. The music ceased its playing, The bugle echoed loud, And to the post the horses came, Before the yelling crowd. There there was a-shouted, And there in front was seen The lad the widow waited for, The little boy in green. (Chorus) See the dashing horses, What a pretty sight. Silken colors flashing In the bright sunlight. Gracious God above us-- The leading horse has fell. And others crushed beneath their feet The lad we love so well. The mangled form and helpless lad Was carried through the crowd To where the widowed mother sat. "Pray, save my boy," aloud. "Hear my cry, my little lad. Your mother's with you, Gene." But all in vain, For no answer came From the little boy in green. (Chorus) (Dr. Wolf: "Well, that's a new one on me.") |
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