Ver grose O arundo
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Jump to navigationJump to search- "The Green Grass Grew All Around:" a song that was first published in 1912, with words by William Jerome and melody by Harry Von Tilzer. Today it is a popular children's song, and a good example of a cumulative song.
- ver: (Latin) spring
- vert: (French) green
- grass
- grosse: (German) big, great
- grows
- arundo: (Latin) reed
- arundo: a genus of two or three species of cane: stout, perennial grasses from the family Poaceae
