Green, Green Grass of Home

Green, Green Grass of Home is the title of a song in the field of country music, which was written and composed by Curly Putman. In his text, it is about a man who visits the home of his childhood and his parents and friends meet. He then wakes up to see that it's just a dream he had the night in jail. It is the day on which his execution has been scheduled.

The song was sung in 1965 by Porter Wagoner and Bobby Bare and popularized.

Tom Jones reaching with this song in 1966 took first place in the UK Singles Chart