Green Green Rocky Road

Traditional

Click here to watch a video of Dave Van Ronk teaching this song. Though it’s a traditional tune, Dave made it his own and it’s a rare treat to spend some time with him as he teaches the form…

When I go to Baltimore, need no carpet on my floor
Come along and follow me, we’ll go down to Galilee

Chorus:
Green Green Rocky Road, Promenade in green
Tell me who you love tell, me who you love

See that crow up in the sky, he don’t walk no he just fly
He don’t walk and he don’t run, keeps on flappin to the sun

Chorus

Little miss Jane run to the wall, don’t you stumble, don’t you fall
Don’t you sing and don’t you shout, when I say come runnin out

Chorus

Ooka Dooka Soda cracker, does your momma chew tobacco
If your momma chews tobacco, sing ooka dooka soda cracker

Chorus

When I go to Baltimore, need no carpet on my floor
Come along and follow me, we’ll go down to Galilee