Red is the Rose

Over the mountains and down in the glen

To a little thatched cot in the valley

where the thrush and the linnet sing their ditty and their song

And my love's leaning over the half-door

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Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows

Fair is the lily of the valley

Clear are the waters that flow in yonder stream

But my love is fairer than any.

Down by the seashore on a cool summer's eve

With the moon rising over the heather

The moon it shown fair on her head of golden hair

And she vowed she'd be my love forever.

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It is not for the loss of my own sister Kate

It is not for the loss of my mother,

It is all for the loss of my bonnie blue-eyed lass

That I'm leaving my homeland forever.

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