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"Forty Shades of Green"
Song
A-side"The Rebel - Johnny Yuma"

"Forty Shades of Green" is a well known song about Ireland. It was written by Johnny Cash in 1959 while on a trip to Ireland. The song represented Ireland so well that years later when Cash was there performing it, an old man insisted it must have been an old Irish folk tune.[1] Contrary to popular belief, Cash did not invent the term 'forty shades of green', it had been used in Ireland many years before he wrote the song. There is a widely held belief that Cash was standing at the Vee Pass on the Knockmealdown Mountain in South Tipperary when he started to compose the song.

He released it as a B-side of The Rebel-Johnny Yuma released in 1961. It is also featured on two albums: 1. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1963 and 2. Johnny Cash: The Great Lost Performance - Live at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, New Jersey recorded live in 1990 and released in 2007.

It has also been recorded by Daniel O'Donnell, Foster and Allen, Ruby Murray and many others.

See also

References

  1. ^ ""The Appalachians: Filming with Johnny Cash"". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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