Red is the Rose

Come over the hills, my bonny Irish lad

Come over the hills to your darlin'

You choose the road, love, and I'll make the voy

And 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

And my love is fairer than any

'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed

When the moon and the stars they were shinin'

The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair

And he swore he'd be my love forever

It's not for the parting that my sister pains

It's not for the grief of my mother

It's all for the loss of my bonny Irish lad

That my heart is breakin' 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

My love is fairer than any