What piece was composed in 1937 for the American Bandmasters Association and has a melody similar to Green Bushes?
Green Bushes Green Bushes is an English folk song (Roud #1040, Laws P2) which is featured in the second movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' "English Folk Song Suite", in Percy Grainger's "Green Bushes (Passacaglia on an English Folksong)", and in George Butterworth's "The Banks of Green Willow". The melody is very similar to that of the "Lost Lady Found" movement of Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy, and to The Cutty Wren.
Douglas B. Green Douglas B. Green (born March 20, 1946), better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger and award-winning Western music songwriter, best known for his work with Western music and the group Riders in the Sky in which he plays guitar and sings lead and baritone vocals. He is also an exceptionally accomplished yodeler. With the Riders, he is billed as "Ranger Doug — The Idol of American Youth" and "Governor of the Great State of Rhythm".