Porter Wagoner - Green Green Grass Of Home

written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr., is a country song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1964 and Bobby Bare in 1965. It was sung later by Tom Jones in 1966 when it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 1 December staying there for a total of seven weeks.[1] (It had been recorded earlier that year by Jerry Lee Lewis, without any great success). The Tom Jones record reached #11 pop, #12 easy listening on the Billboard US charts.

this is the best version of the song, 2nd is Johnny Cash's, IMO

Looks more like a soldier coming home, but not alive.
He dies in a hospital and this is his last vision/dream before he dies in the hospital ("four grey walls that sourround me").
Then he really dies and returrns home, and they "all come to see me"...

Okay, where does the 'guard and sad old padre' come from if he is in a hospital. Then there is a walk arm in arm. This guy is going off to be hung.

It is about a person in jail about to be executed.

i can never forget this song my dad used to sing this to me oh my oh my and even to my dad's death it was his grave side song RIP dad love your baby girl...

been there it, it is a biter sweet memory aint it?

yes, this is country song, but Tom Jones, king of singing, dancing and live improvisation, sung in his 45 year carrier thousand songs, all what his managers think that bi interesting..
..p.s. .. grass is green in USA , Wales, Every...
.. some, on the famous Tom Jones gold single G.G.G. of home, was on "B" side interesting Mills classic rock song " If I Had You" which was arrogation forgotten , maybe because different, explosive rhythm then G.G.G. of home...

her name had to be mary

Green Green Grass of Home
originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1964