Here 'tis. I'm surprised I couldn't find this one in a songbook.
-Joe Offer-

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THE RED ROSY BUSH
(traditional)

I wish I was a red rosy bush
By the banks of the sea
And every time my true love would pass by
She could pick a rose off of me

I wish I was in some lonesome hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
If your heart belongs to another
Then it can't ever be mine

I wish I had a golden box
To keep my true love in
I'd take her out and I'd kiss her twice
Then I'd put her back again.

I wish I was a red rosy bush
By the banks of the sea
And every time my true love would pass by
She could pick a rose off of me


(transcribed from "Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall" - Harry Belafonte Singers, recorded May 2, 1960)

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