This is not an answer but a long comment. There is the following result which does not cover your example. Let $M$ be a compact smooth manifold. Let $P$ be a linear differential second order elliptic operator with smooth coefficients on functions on $M$. Then there exists a Green function $G(x,y)$ on $M\times M$ such that
$G$ is smooth outside of the diagonal.
$G$ is bounded from below.
More precise statement and indication of the proof can be found in the Appendix to this paper http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1111/1111.0403v2.pdf
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