Forty Shades Of Green, a song about Ireland, by Johnny Cash

Forty Shades of Green 

Performed by Johnny Cash and friends

I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea

From the fishing boats at Dingle to the shores of Donaghadee

I miss the River Shannon and the folks at Skibbereen

The moorlands and the meadows with 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 eider down
Again I want 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 surf
How I long to watch the farmers drain the bogs and spade the turf
To see again the thatching of the straw the women glean
I would walk from Cork to Larne to see the 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 eider down
Again I want 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

Cash began penning 'Forty Shades of Green' in 1959 during a trip to Ireland and completed it in 1961 as a B-side on his album 'The Rebel – Johnny Yuma.'Cash allegedly asked his Irish contacts where he could go to get a look at the true beauty of Ireland and was told to head for the Vee Pass, which divides the Knockmealdown and Galtee mountains in southern Tipperary. He kept that stunning view in his mind and sought to capture the lush greenery and beauty of the Irish landscape in song.

Eugene Diamond published a newspaper photo in his Twitter account. It was from Ireland's Eye, an edition of 2019, an article written by Martin Gleeson. The title: Johnny Cash, the man who wrote Forty shades of green.  In it, we can learn about Cash's "Irish connection".

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