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Green Grow The Rashes is a song written by Robert Burns in 1783 and read here by John Gordon Sinclair.
Green Grow The Rashes written in 1783. Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent amang the lasses, O. There's nought but care on ev'ry han' , In ev'ry hour that passes, O: What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses, O.
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The term originates from the Mexican War (1846-1848), when American Soldiers would sing Robert Burns’ Green Grow the Rashes, O!, or the very popular song Green Grows the Laurel (or lilacs) while serving in Mexico, thus inspiring the locals to refer to the Yankees as gringos, or green-grows.
Green Grow the Rashes. Gree grew the rashes, O (or "Green grew the rashes, O") is a poem bi Robert Burns, aboot the rashes an their beauty o whit he wis amoureus (in luv).
A Fragment. Green grow the rashes O, Green grow the rashes O, The lasses they hae wimble bores, The widows they hae gashes O. In sober hours I am a priest; A hero when I'm tipsey,...
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Green grow the rushes, O; The sweetest hours that ever I spend, Are spent among the girls, O. There is nothing but care on every hand, In every hour that passes, O: What signifies the life of man, And it were not for the girls, O. The worldly race may riches chase, And riches still may fly them, O;
Chor.—Green grow the rashes, O; Green grow the rashes, O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent amang the lasses, O. There's nought but care on ev'ry han', In ev'ry hour...
Analysis (ai): "Green Grow the Rashes" is a jovial celebration of female companionship in the face of worldly troubles. It is a departure from the author's typical romantic themes, instead focusing on the camaraderie and joy found in female friendships.