Rose or the Briar

What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? I met her walking in the lane Her angel face so fair But from her lips such words did come The devil answered there What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? Her words so rough to other ears To mine like kisses seemed How came my unsuspecting heart To love a girl so mean? What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? My love grows up between the thorns In a garden rich and strange It thrives upon the rocky soil And scorns the sun and rain What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? What will you be tonight, my love? What will you be tonight? The rose or the briar? The rose or the briar?