Since then, it has been covered by many singers and artists from all over the world, but especially in Japan.

[5] It was nominated in 1964 for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording and Best Performance By A Chorus.

Green, Green has been covered by many artists from all over the world including: Poet and children's literature author Hikaru Kataoka took notice of the song in the 1960s.

At this time he was working for the Japanese public broadcaster NHK, where he was in charge of production, song writing and translation.

He wrote new Japanese lyrics for "Green, Green",[9] and in May 1967, it was broadcast on NHK during the children's programming of Minna no Uta (Songs for Everyone)[10] sung by Suginami Junior Chorus and arranged by Akihiro Komori.