Red is the Rose

(Available on The Chieftains “Fire in the Kitchen” CD)

(Available on The Ennis Sisters “Red is the Rose” CD and “Can’t Be the Same” CD)

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Come over the hills my bonny Irish Lass

Come over the hills to your darlin’

You choose the rose love and I’ll make the vow

And I’ll be your truelove forever

‘Twas down by Killaney’s Greenwood where we strayed

And the moon and the stars they were shinning

And the moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair

She swore she’d be my love forever

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows

Fair is the lily of the valley

Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne

My love is fairer than any

It’s not for the parting that my sister pains

And it’s not for the grief of my mother

It’s all for the loss of my bonny Irish Lass

That my heart is breaking forever

Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows

Fair is the lily of the valley

Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne

Mt love is fairer than any

My love is fairer than any