Red Is The Rose

C
Am
F
G7
Come over the hills my bonnie Irish lass
C
Am
F
C
Come over the hills to my darl-ing
F
C
F
G7
You choose the road love and I’ll make the vow
C
F
C
G7
C
And I’ll be your true love for-ever
Am
F
G7
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C
Am
F
C
Fair is the lily of the val-ley
F
C
F
G7
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C
F
C
G7
C
But my love is fair-er   than any
Am
F
G7
Twas down by Killarney’s green woods that we strayed
C
Am
F
C
The moon and the stars they were shin-ing
F
C
F
G7
The moon shone its rays on his locks of golden hair
C
F
C
G7
C
He swore he’d be my   love for-ever
Am
F
G7
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C
Am
F
C
Fair is the lily of the val-ley
F
C
F
G7
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C
F
C
G7
C
But my love is fair-er   than any
Am
F
G7
It’s not for the parting that my sister pains
C
Am
F
C
It’s not for the grief of my mo-ther
F
C
F
G7
Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
C
F
C
G7
C
That my heart is breaking for-ever
Am
F
G7
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C
Am
F
C
Fair is the lily of the val-ley
F
C
F
G7
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C
F
C
G7
C
But my love is fair-er   than any

Am

G7

C

F