“Forty Shades of Green” is a song about Ireland, written and first performed by American country singer Johnny Cash. Cash wrote the song in 1959 while on a trip to Ireland; it was first released as a B-side of the song “The Rebel–Johnny Yuma” in 1961.  Cash once recalled performing the song in Ireland and being told by an old man afterwards that it must have been an old Irish folk tune. “Forty Shades of Green” has also been recorded by Daniel O’Donnell, Foster and Allen,Roger Whittaker and Ruby Murray, among others.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
