Shady Grove

A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.

Status: listed in master repertoire · potential/reference · unknown
Writer / source: Traditional Appalachian song family, related to older British Isles ballad/tune strains
Rights: Public domain in the United States. Traditional arrangement by The Scrips.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: Collected in early twentieth-century Appalachian tradition
Aliases / index: Roud Roud 4456 / related families vary by index
Working arrangement: Key G · Capo 0

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Lyrics + source text

Working song sheet

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Shady Grove
Traditional Appalachian song family, related to older British Isles ballad/tune strains
Rights: public-domain-us

Shady Grove, my little love, Shady Grove, I say;Shady Grove, my little love, I'm bound for Harlan town.

Peaches in the summer time, apples in the fall;If I can't have the girl I love, I won't have none at all.

Repeat chorus

Wish I had a big fine horse, corn to feed him on;And Shady Grove to stay at home and feed him while I'm gone.

Repeat chorus

Don't you remember, Shady Grove, when we used to dance?All along the froggy banks we held each other's hands.

Repeat chorus

Archive note

lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; listed as potential song

Chords

G · C · D