Meet me by the banks of the sweet primrose

Follow it down to the shady grove

Bonnie blow the breeze by the cabin door

No two lovers could ask for more



So grab your fiddle and your old banjo

Play a country blues so sweet and slow

We'll sing along to the drunkard's doom

And rock all night by the silvery moon



These old trees grow straight to heaven

So it goes in the shady grove



When the old hen crackles and the ground gets cold

Our fine buck skin dances through the snow

We'll take to town on a Saturday night

You and me baby make such a sight



Whiskey, wine, name your pleasure

So it goes in the shady grove



Hey boys gather 'round

We'll put it up and they'll tear it down

Hey boys rockabye

Kiss the pretty girls goodbye



Hey boys up on high 

Don't you stop till you reach the sky

Hey boys let it ring

A song for everyone to sing



When the fish start biting at the noon day fry

The muddy roads have all done dried

The honeysuckle says it's summertime

That old yellow sun is mighty kind



Hear the seasons come with reasons

So it goes in the shady grove



Hey boys up on high

Don't you stop till you reach the sky

Hey boys let it ring

A song for everyone to sing



Won't you be my lullaby, babe

In the sweet bye and bye, babe

It's okay to cry and let the sadness pass you by

And know I'll always love you, babe



Hey boys gather 'round

I'll put it up and they'll tear it down

Hey boys rock a bye

Kiss the pretty girls goodbye



Hey boys up on high 

Don't you stop till you reach the sky

Hey boys let it ring

A song for everyone to sing



A song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing

A song for everyone to sing