Red Is the Rose

Come over the hills my bonny Irish lass Come over the hills to your darling You choose the road love and I'll make a vow That I'll be your true 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 But my love is fairer than any It's down in Killarney's green woods that we strayed When the moon and the stars, they were shining For the moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair And she said 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 But my love is fairer than any 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