Green Grow the Rushes-O (Traditional, after Roberts & Barrand)
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Performed by King Solomon's Singers (www.king-solomo...) live at St. Josaphat Church, Chicago, July 26, 2015. Arrangement shamelessly pilfered from Nowell Sing We Clear.
Used to sing this song when I was a boy in the Scouts. This version is the closest I can find on RUclips to the one the adult leaders used to sing. Will never forget :)
I miss hearing this at campfires, it used to be so cool hearing it sung faster and faster!
Same here. Boy Scouts around camp fire. Thought some of the words were different but close enough.
I go to scouts and this is the best version on RUclips.👍
ruclips.net/video/bl2Jn1A2wyo/видео.html
wish i could be back
Here are the lyrics for the ones who like to sing along:
1. I'll sing you one, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your one, O?
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
2. I'll sing you two, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What are your two, O?
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
3. I'll sing you three, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your three, O?
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
4. I'll sing you four, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your four, O?
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
5. I'll sing you five, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your five, O?
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
6. I'll sing you six, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your six, O?
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
7. I'll sing you seven, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your seven, O?
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
8. I'll sing you eight, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your eight, O?
Eight for the April rainers,
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
9. I'll sing you nine, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your nine, O?
Nine for the nine bright shiners,
Eight for the April rainers,
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
10. I'll sing you ten, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your ten, O?
Ten for the Ten Commandments,
Nine for the nine bright shiners,
Eight for the April rainers,
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
11. I'll sing you eleven, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your eleven, O?
Eleven for the eleven that went to heaven, and
Ten for the Ten Commandments,
Nine for the nine bright shiners,
Eight for the April rainers,
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
12. I'll sing you twelve, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your twelve, O?
Twelve for the twelve apostles,
Eleven for the eleven that went to heaven, and
Ten for the Ten Commandments,
Nine for the nine bright shiners,
Eight for the April rainers,
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
WendsMinaj_ Good looks. I always forget 8&9. \m/
Thank you
Thank you!
Thank you!!! But I think it is thre three arrivals (for the 3 wise men) kinda keeps with the theme more too I think
@@frankandpamela7563 yep, so in chinese and arabic as well please :)
We had to learn this song at school and learn to speak English in 1972. Today i had a flashbackafter 40
years. Greatings from Holland.
REM and the occult meaning of 2 lilly white boys brought me here. What an amazing song. Absurdly good.
Having loved both the traditional song and the R.E.M. song for 30+ years, I have always wondered what the connection was. I still can't figure it out, beyond the title.
@@tomcrawford9119 The REM guys probably fondly remembered the song.
We sang a lot of songs at camp. Some of them we sang dozens of times but we only ever sang this song ONCE each summer.
Each cabin took a number. When the song got to our number, we'd raise the table and shout out our lyrics.
Whoever got "3" had it best.
I went to a Summer Church camp on Lake Erie,,Camp Pioneer,,and we did the exact thing you speak of,,funny how some things just never leave the mind and Im turning 75,,I was a teenager back then....Good Old Hap Schroeder and Camp Pioneer LR
This is a brilliant song! We sang it on long car journeys to pass the time! In the 60's 70's!!!!
Learned this in Primary School and it just popped into my head. Nostalgic.
Same
Same. I heard this in camp
I learned it in the Scouts. Some fond memories 🙂
Exactly how I got here.
Same here!
Just found myself singing this.. learned in junior school 60 odd years ago!
I'm a Freshman, and I'm learning it with some others. It's a fun song :]
Outstanding! This song popped into my head, probably 50 years ago sang it a YWCA girls camp. I'm so happy I got this recording!
I was a boy scout camper at summer camp in the 70s. This was by far my favorite camp songs. When I became staff a few years later, I led the song. My son heard me sing it as he slept.
Me too! (Camp Sevenich and Fire Mountain in Washington state). Loved this song!
Exactly my story…….boy did we live in a far more gentle age, and like yourself sang this and many more we learnt at that time to my children when they were little.
Every car ride was full of song short or long trips made no difference no wonder all my kids became musicians.
@@johnboyle3297I'm sure boy scout camp (in the 1940s!) was where my father learned this and other songs he used to sing to me when I was little (in the 1960s and 70s).
@margretenglesson5834 brings back memories and a tear to the glass eye lol
Gentler times when men were men and sheep were worried.
Do you remember the Woad song?
To the tune of Men of Harlech.
WOAD
What's the use of wearing braces,
Hats or spats or boots with laces,
Coats and vests you buy in places
Down on Brompton Road?
What's the use of shirts of cotton,
Studs that always get forgotten?
These affairs are simply rotten--
Better far is woad.
Woad's the stuff to show men,
Woad to scare your foemen
Boil it to a brilliant blue
And rub it on your back and your abdomen.
Ancient Britons never hit on
Anything as fine as woad to fit on
Neck or knees or where you sit on--
Tailors, you'll be blowed!
Romans crossed the English Channel
All dressed up in tin and flannel;
Half a pint of woad per man'll
Clothe us more than these.
Saxons, you can keep your stitches,
For making beds for bugs in britches
We have woad to clothe us which is
Not a nest for fleas.
Romans, save your armors,
Saxons, your pajamas,
Hairy coats were made for goats,
Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas.
March on Snowdon with your woad on
Never mind if you get rained or snowed on.
Never need a button sewed on,
W-O-A-D woad (or, Glory be to woad!)(or, Bollocks to the breeze!)
@@johnboyle3297 IDK if my father ever sang this at Scout camp, but he clearly never thought it suitable for his baby girl's tender ears, lol. He did sing a canoe song:
Dip, dip and swing them back,
Flashing like silver,
Swift as the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip and swing.
Without a shadow of doubt, THE BEST version of this song I've ever heard. (And I'm getting on!). Well done. ❤
Thank you so much!
@@tomcrawford9119 Seriously Tom. I've shared it with all my mates. The only downside is that it's got me trying to remember the Rugby version! U def can't sing that in Church!!
can you imagine joining a choir and you get to sing the song
If I ever go into the military, this is the one song I'll sing, even if I'm not a Christian. It's a nice song .3.
Well, us number nerds agree. It's one of the greatest songs known to humankind.
I haven' heard this song since I was 13 at summer camp. This was a campfire favourite.
We sang this at boy scout camp,. It popped into my head and I needed to hear it again.
We sang this in Girl Scout camp. Will never forget it!
Funny how that works. I'd like to have those camp fires back.
Sure didn't sound like this in the Camp Merz dining hall.
I sang this when I was in junior school. It has been going around my heas almost daily for the last few months. I'm now over 70!
Me too, 71 now and remember every word.
I could sing along with this all day 😊 Joyous music
Don't forget about Fred Greunig who sings with John and Tony on Nowell Sing We Clear.
Back to my boy scout days we always had "council fire" one night and part of it was singing. This was one of the regular songs to sing and my hands-down favorite.
I'm pretty sure boy scout camp was where my father learned this and other songs he used to sing to me when I was little.
I learned this fun, lively song at Jumonville Methodist Camp, and for some reason it came to mind recently, and I couldn't remember number 11. We always said, Green Grow the Rushes, Ho!
Omg. #1 best version of all time
I am reading a book at the moment called The Beloved Girls by Harriet Evans and it mentions a song sung to the tune of Green Grow The Rushes-o. It is not a song i know so good to have found this.
When I was in elementary school, my music teacher was the high school band director. He played trumpet. He used one finger to bang out one song on piano: “Green Grow the Rushes O.” One song. EVERY MUSIC CLASS. But thanks to my musical family and to my church, I grew up loving music. This song, under normal circumstances, would be well-appreciated. Great job, Men!
Learned this in 8th class in gymnasium. Still bei able to sing this one. Greetings from Germany.
I have always liked this song it is unique
It is just the 12 days of xmas with different lyrics.
@@bigc7326 12 days of christmas and this song both derive from a jewish chant called Echad Mi Yodea
Lovely! Treasured memory of my childhood, this song.
I still have a bunch of Roberts and Barrand’s CDs and all of Nowell Sing We Clear, which is Christmas for my family.
We sang this at Boy Scout Camp mess hall at Camp Constantin, TX, in the mid 80s. So good to here this. I keep coming back to hear this rendition. Those were such good times. Thank you for sharing, Brothers.
We sing it at Worth right down the road from that camp even today. Always brings a smile to my face.
A favourite while growing up. My father taught me this song.😌❤🌼
Some kids at my school misheard it as "Green Grow the Russians, O"!
The Two Ronnies did a parody of the song with the chorus "red grow the Russians O"
They rushes be Red, Tovarish!
Good sound, King Solomon Singer’s!!!
Thanks!
Learned this at Camp Allegheny in Western PA during summer camp when I was a kid (50 some years ago). Still remembered most of it! Fun and spirited arrangement, thanks very much.
MYTH OR TRUTH?
It is said that the derogatory word used by Mexicans to refer to Americans (Americans) during the war that took place between Mexico-USA (1846-1848) was born from the lyrics of this song.
"Green Grow" phonetically in Spanish sounds similar to Green Go!, Green Go! (in Spanish it is written as "gringo")
PS: the word "gringo" today is used throughout Latin America to refer to any person of Anglo-Saxon origin and not only for Americans. eg Australians, Swiss, German, English, American, Canadian, Swedish, South African, etc.
Greetings from Santiago of Chile, South America.
La neta si
Justo estaba buscando este comentario haha
I don't think I've ever been taught this song. I went to public school, so maybe that's the reason or I was sick that day. Anyways, I homeschool and this song is in our American history book, my kids will be learning it. Plus, it's pretty catchy.
This is an old English folk song, containing biblical and pagan references. I'm thrilled the Americans still sing it!
Boy Scout camp 1968 in Texas. Song still pops into my head now and then.
Me, too. Camp Trailfinder in 1968 & 1970, then at Ontario Pioneer Camp in 1974 & 1975.
I found this song, and I love it! Mostly because of all the numbers, especially the highly composite 12.
Very nice. There is a Jewish version I learned 60 years ago. I heartily recommend buying a copy of John Roberts and Tony Barrand's Nowell Sing We Clear. AND A Present From the Gentlemen. I guarantee you will be glad you did.
ok grandpa
Is the Jewish version "Chad Gadyah" perchance?
Almost like we sung it in Scouts too. Probably sounds a little better here, but it takes me back 50 years to friends long pasts.
Now you know why Mexicans call Americans gringos. US troops sang this song as they marched in formation. Or Green Grow the Lilacs. Or maybe both.
Hahaha funny 🤣
that's just ridiculous
@@prolefeed9371 great imagination, though.
It's not your imagination I heard that too. Maybe urban legend... maybe true!!
I was singing this in my head and I wrote the lyrics in google bc I didn’t know what it was I just remembered one part from when I was a kid. This was one of the only lullabies my mom ever sang me. She sang me this and Today by the new Christy minstrels
Primary school assembly nostalgia..
Came here from a video of 'I've Got a Song to Sing, O', which mentioned this song as an inspiration for Sullivan's setting of the song.
Amazing and beautiful tune 😊❤️🌹🎶🎼
Well, that's wild, I just learn this music because I started reading the book "do inferno" by Alan Moore, which tells one possible theory to explain the Jack the Ripper's case, in one part of the book, the fist victim of the murders, Polly Nichols, is singing this song alone at 3 am. In te middle of the street, right before the assassin find her, so yeah, that's how I started to feel curious about this music and eventually fount it (and yeah I'm not British, I'm not even speak English as my main lenguage, I'm born and raised in Brazil, so I'm pretty impressed of how famous this music is in Great Britain)
Absolutely love this song!!!!
An earworm for sure! Can't get rid of it!
Thanks for this, I too used to sing this in Cubs round the old camp fire when I was a kid, afterwards I found this song has quite a bit of occult significance.
please elaborate?
@@johnstainton Sorry, can't remember, it was in a book I read decades ago. From the little I remember some of it is based on Celtic Mythology, I seem to remember there was some sort of tie in with or it was mentioned in The white Goddess by Robert Graves. There are also several articles online explaining the Christian iconography. some of this is mentioned in a Wiki article - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Grow_the_Rushes,_O I could be wrong about some of this, I stopped studying the occult a long time ago.
A much-loved church camp song.
So uniquely English, and really ancient. Read up on the meaning. It's so interesting.
So beautiful I thought they were Welsh at first!
sang this song at camp! the nostalgia is palpable
brilliant performance Gentlemen!
LOVE IT!! ¡Gracias por compartir!
Thanks for sharing this 🎼
Reading Silver Linings book with my daughter by Katrina Nannstad she got for Christmas and this song is mentioned.
learnt/sang this song in world boys scout jamboree in Japan in1963 or thereabouts.
Most significant for me- "One is one", a profoundly influential book in my life- I would like a copy, at this time.
Beautiful.💖
What fun! This is really great.
This an ancient English song that has had it's words altered over the centuries, it is thought to predate Christianity.
Predate Christianity? Then what’s with the twelve apostles, Ten Commandments, Four Gospels, on top of that, one eternal God? This is supposed to be after Christianity was birthed, not before.
@@deborahadeniji808 Please read my previous post. I stated that the words had been altered over the centuries and obviously the verses containing the 12 Apostles, 10 commandments 4 gospels etc were written after the birth of Christianity. But early versions are very difficult to interpret as the language used is arcane. 🕊
@@deborahadeniji808 It is possible to re write words to an existing tune.
@@deborahadeniji808 It's a counting song. The Christian lyrics would have been coopted in later over a pre-existing song. People existed doing cool stuff in the British Isles for thousands of years before Christianity got there, yanno.
@deborahadeniji808 additionally, the Lily White Boys were a pagan sect, that sacrificed and was steeped in mystery.
Excellent, just as we sang at sea scouts in the 1950's
Children go where I send thee.....
Here's an extra verse.
I'll sing you thirteen ho.
Green grow the rushes oh.
What is the thirteen oh?
THIRTEEN FOR THE BAR MITZVAH!
TWELVE FOR THE TWELVE APOSTLES!
ELEVEN FOR THE ELEVEN WHO WENT TO HEAVEN!
TEN FOR THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!
Nine for the nine bright shiners,
Eight for the April rainers,
Seven for the seven stars in the sky, and
Six for the six proud walkers,
Five for the symbols at your door, and
Four for the gospel-makers,
Three, three the rivals!
Two, two lily-white boys
Clothed all in green, O
One is one, and all alone,
And ever more shall be so.
Note:
13 to 10 are shouted loudly and the rest are sung normally.
Two, two, the same to you,
How's your father? He's alright...
Read some were that his song was were the Mexican term Gringo stemmed from.
I have a very good translation in Esperanto. Anyone interested, just 'reply.' They seem to be singing 'cloth ed' whereas it is only 'clothed' but pronouncing the 'e' as they used to do. Some words we still do: dogged, rugged, blessed, beloved. As for the eleven who went to heaven, Jesus promised all twelve that they would have a place in heaven (Matthew 19:28) so we can assume that all twelve went there.
Well certainly Judus Iscariot did not go to Heaven, so it would be eleven of the Apostles.
Hello Connie! Consider these: Matthew ch19.v28-9, Jesus promises all 12 a throne in heaven; Matt 27, Judas repents; John 13,Judas obeys Jesus as his friend (John 15v14); when Jesus first reappeared (Luke 24 and John 20), Thomas was absent but there were still eleven; In John 18 v8,9, Jesus says none were lost; I Cor. 15 v5,Jesus "appeared to the twelve". There was a group of early Christians with Origen who did believe Judas got to heaven. It would have been unworthy of Jesus to have picked him for a disciple, knowing what would happen, and then damn him, don't you think?.@@conniecutrer7520
@@conniecutrer7520 Jesus promised a throne in heaven to each of his followers, no exceptions mentioned.
The Texans sang this song during the Alamo Siege and the Mexican soldiers started calling them “gringos” after that.
ha, sang this on the girl scout camp bus but never really knew the right words.
This is why Mexicans call Americans ‘’ Gringos’’ invading American troops sang this as a marching song !
Fieldston Lower School circa a long time ago!
I used to sing this with my family when I was a lad
I remember singing that song at campfires.
why don't they go up on the rivals
How many people are here from camp Horseshoe? What troop?
De ahí viene el latino "Gringo". Lo cantaban en los puertos.
I heard that this song is the origin of the term "gringo" ("green grow") may or may not be true.
Is the truth, green grow in spanish sound grin grow, if you repeat it sounds gringo
I'm told that the Mexican name for Americans - Gringos - comes from this song... Gringo the rushes O. Might be true...?
Pretty sure that term pre-dates the French involvement in Mexico.
ridiculous
i learnt this at primary lol
This song is why Mexicans call US Americans "GRINGOS" the assaulting army of 1847 sang this in our National Square to the dismay of local residents, who shouted "shut up Green gos"
Felipe Morales-Siordia Nope.
I'm from the Island
It was sung slightly differently at Neel Bagh.
Til that here in Mexico we call Americans gringos because during the invasion to Mexico city union soilders used to sing this song and mexicans start calling them green grows which eventually became gringos
Nice!
My late father (1914-2004) said that in the 1930s there was a parody of this song called "Red grow the rushes-o" that was based on left-wing politics of the time.
No sabía que por esta canción les dicen gringos a los gringos.
🤠🎶
Other people's childhood: this version
My childhood: 🎵 ones the grunge upon my splod masking my cordwangle🎵
But to be fair my parents used to sing Poisoning Pigeons in the Park to me when u was four and leave me at home in front of Pib and Pog so maybe that's just me 🤷♀️
nice!
Thumbs up if you first learned this song on _Sesame Street._
Aldous Huxley - A ilha
Led me to find out the meaning of the word 'antiphon'. Well I never....
This one is close to the original, I guess
Mexican War vs United States?
Old Irish tune used to teach youngin's to count while churching them up.
Dustin Hayes This is a very old English folk song. It has all kinds of meanings, some of them pagan.
Why do Irish people try to claim all folk songs as Irish.
@@margaretvella3557 Because the Irish rock Tiochfaidh ar la
The origin of "Gringo" word, GREeN (grin) GrOw (go)
Lily White Boys? No wonder the Hispanics in school derisively call us peckerwood crackers "Gringo"...
Se dice que de esta canción se les dice gringos a los gringos
Agente Hurikáne, spojka WendsMinaj Vám zde zanechal část kódu. Jedná se o 3.-4. slovo ve čtvrtém řádku druhé sloky.
This fucking slaps
6 Proud as fuck walkers, just bouncin down the street side by side, game as fuck 🤣🤣🤣 hahahah
All I can think is the Two Ronnie's.
My music teacher around 1978 told us this song was the reason Mexicans called us “gringos.” Green grows…get it? Probably BS though.
I learned it as six WHITE walkers and three ARRIVALS (3 wise men?)
I always heard rifles but it's hard to make it out, that sounds more appropriate for the song
I agree the three arrivals.
I learned it as "the rivals" at scout camp in 1968
arrivals makes a lot more sense
Does anyone know where I can get the medical version of this song "one is one and all alone and he has german measles"
Vax deniers?