Peaches in the summertime,

Apples in the fall,

If I can't get the girl I love,

Won't have none at all.

Shady grove, my true love,

Shady grove, I know,

Shady grove, my true love,

I'm bound for the shady grove.

Once I was a little boy,

Playin' in the sand,

Now I am a great big boy,

I think myself a man,

Shady grove, my true love,

Shady grove, I know,

Shady grove, my true love,

I'm bound for the shady grove.

When I was a little boy,

I wanted a whittlin' knife;

Now I am a great big boy

And I want a little wife.

Shady grove, my true love,

Shady grove, I know,

Shady grove, my true love,

I'm bound for the shady grove.

Wish I had a banjo string,

Made of golden twine,

And every tune I'd pick on it

Is "I wish that girl were mine."

Shady grove, my true love,

Shady grove, I know,

Shady grove, my true love,

I'm bound for the shady grove.

Some come here to fiddle and dance,

Some come here to tarry,

Some come here to fiddle and dance,

I come here to marry.

Shady grove, my true love,

Shady grove, I know,

Shady grove, my true love,

I'm bound for the shady grove.

Every night when I go home,

My wife, I try to please her,

The more I try, the worse she gets,

Damned if I don't leave her.

Shady grove, my true love,

Shady grove, I know,

Shady grove, my true love,

I'm bound for the shady grove.