RED IS THE ROSE

1. Come over the hills, my bonny Irish lass.
Come over the hills to your darling.
You chose the road, love, and I'll make a vow
That I'll be your true love forever.

CHORUS: 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,
But my love is fairer than any.

2. It's down in Killarney's green woods that we strayed,
When the moon and the stars they were shinin';
For the moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
And she said she'd be my love forever.

3. It's not for the parting with my sister Kate.
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.