From memory this is how it goes. Rosie Reilly. I wish I was in my love's arms, I wish I was in my love's care, Two pied-ball ponies in my pocket, Rolling 'round and 'round the fair. Chorus Rosie, Rosie Reilly. Rosie Reilly, Oh! I rolled Rosie in my arms, At the fair in Ballinasloe. Ballinasloe was green and open, In the morning coming down, Rosie sitting, telling fortunes, Cross my palm with half-a-crown. Chorus I didn't know she had a husband, By far a bigger man than me, I didn't know he had two brothers, Both as big and as bad as he. Chorus I saw my brothers flinging bottles, I saw my Da streatched on the ground, I saw meself with my head wide open, Rose Reilly where are you now? Chorus I wish I was in my love's arms, I wish I was in my love's care, Two pied-ball ponies in my pocket, Rolling 'round and 'round the fair. Chorus
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