Oh give me a hole or a soft, grassy knoll,
Where the fox and badgers are seen,
Where the sheep roam secure drinking water so pure,
And the rain washes all the land clean.
CHORUS: Home, home on the Green,
Where the fox and badgers are seen,
Where the sheep roam secure drinking water so pure,
And the rain washes all the land clean.
Where the sky is so blue, the song-birds sing true,
So warm the radiant sunshine,
That I would not demean my home on the Green,
For all of the villages fine.
CHORUS
In the Battle of the Greenfields the goblins did yield,
When old Bandobras came in great force.
He killed their chief dead when he knocked off his head,
And they say he was riding a horse.
CHORUS
So often at night with the heavens in sight,
I gaze at the stars a long while,
And I wonder if they watch us during the day,
And the thought always brings me a smile.
CHORUS
The hill and black bear learn to fear my glare,
The wolves I confine to their dens.
Then the coney and deer come out when it's clear,
As I watch over my fleece-covered friends.
CHORUS
May I spend all my days lounging in the sun rays,
Indulging in tranquility.
Let me camp by the fire in my corner of the Shire,
And may life be fearless and carefree.
Then I would not demean my home on the Green,
Where the fox and badgers are seen,
Where the sheep roam secure drinking water so pure,
And the rain washes all the land clean.
