On the Banks of Red Roses me love and I sat down And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune. In the middle of the tune though she sighed and she said, “Oh me Johnny, lovely Johnny, would you leave me?”
Oh, when I was a young girl I heard me mother say That I was a foolish lass and easy led astray And before that I would work, I would sooner sport and play With me Johnny on the Banks of Red Roses.
Well he took her to his lodge and he treated her to tea, Saying, “Drink, me dearest Molly, and come along with me,” Saying, “Drink, me dearest Molly, and come along with me To the sweet and lovely Banks of Red Roses.”
And then they walked and they talked till they came unto a cave Where Johnny all the day had been digging up a grave Where Johnny all the day had been digging up a grave For to leave his lassie low among the roses.
Then he took out a pen knife, it was both long and sharp, And he plunged it right into his own dear Mary's heart. And he plunged it right into his own dear Mary's heart And he left her lying low among the roses.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
