Shady grove, my little love,
Shady grove, my darling;
Shady grove, my little love,
Going back to Harlan.
Fly around, my blue-eyed girl,
Fly around, my daisy;
Fly around, my blue-eyed girl;
Nearly drive me crazy.
The very next time I go that road.
And it don't look so dark and grazy;
The very next time I come that road,
Stop and see my daisy.
I once had a mulie cow,
Mulie when she was born;
Took a jay-bird forty year
To fly from horn to horn.
Apples in the summer.
Peaches in the fall;
If I can't marry the girl I want,
I won't have none at all.