X:2306 T:On the Banks of Red Roses T:Banks of the Roses R:song D:De Danann: Selected Jigs, Reels & Songs Z:id:hn-song-134 M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=80 K:C CE | G2 GA E2 DC | cc de G2 (cd) | e>d cB AG EF | G>A GE D2 CE | GG GA E2 DC | c2 de G2 cd | e>d cB AG EC | D2 C4 || W:On the banks of red roses me love and I sat down W:And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune W:In the middle of the tune, oh, she sighed and she said: W:"Oh, me Johnny, lovely Johnny would you leave me?" W: W:Oh, when I was a young girl I heard me mother say, W:That I was a foolish lass and easy led astray, W:And before that I would work, I would sooner sport and play W:With my Johnny on the banks of red roses. W: W:Well he took her to his lodge and he treated her to tea, W:Saying "Drink my dearest Mary and come along with me", W:Saying "Drink my dearest Mary and come along with me W:To the sweet and lovely banks of red roses." W: W:Then they walked and they talked till they came unto a cave, W:Where Johnny all the day had been digging up a grave, W:Where Johnny all the day had been digging up a grave, W:For to leave his lassie low among the roses. W: W:Then he took out a pen knife, it was both long and sharp, W:And he plunged it right into his own dear Mary's heart, W:And he plunged it right into his own dear Mary's heart, W:And he left her lying low among the roses.