Red is the Rose - Paddy Moloney

Come over the hills my handsome Irish lad

Come over the hills to your darling

You choose the road love and I'll make the vow

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

But my love is fairer than any

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

When the moon and the stars they were shining

And the moon shone it's rays on his locks of golden hair

And he swore he'd be my love forever

But my love is fairer than any

It's not for the parting that my sister pains

It's not for the grief of my mother

'Tis all for the loss of my handsome Irish lad

Now my heart is broken 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