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