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 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 shady grove my little love shady grove my darling shady grove my little love i m going back to harlan 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 shady grove my little love shady grove my darling shady grove my little love i m going back to harlan 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 shady grove my little love shady grove my darling shady grove my little love i m going back to harlan wished i had a banjo string made of golden twine and every time i d play on it wish that girl was mine shady grove my little love shady grove my darling shady grove my little love i m going back to harlan peaches in the summertime apples in the fall if i can t have the one i love i won t have none at all shady grove my little love shady grove my darling shady grove my little love i m going back to harlan 