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When we think of Ireland, we think of the Emerald Isle, the shamrock, the "Wearing of the Green" and the 37 other almost proverbial shades of green. But just why do we talk about "Forty Shades of Green"?
The Song
It is the fault of one man - none other than Johnny Cash. The "Man in Black" was so taken in by the Emerald Isle that he went green and penned a whole album in celebration of Ireland. While Cash seemed to be genuinely in love with Ireland at the time (1961), his songs seem to be seriously sentimental and overwrought today.
When I listen to this song, it gives me a feeling of peace within
Here are the lyrics to the song
I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea from the fishin boats at Dingle to the shores at Dunehea I miss the River Shannon and the folks at Skibbereen the moorlands and meadows and their Forty Shades of Green
But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town and most of all I miss her lips as soft as eiderdown I long again to see and do the things we've done and seen where the breeze is sweet as shalimar and there's Forty Shades of Green
I wish that I could spend an hour at Dublin's churning suft I long to watch the farmers drain the bogs and spade the turf to see again the thatching of the straw the women clean I'd walk from Cork to Larne to see those Forty Shades of Green
But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town and most of all I miss her lips as soft as eiderdown I long again to see and do the things we've done and seen where the breeze is sweet as shalimar and there's Forty Shades of Green
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