Banks of the Roses

Updated Tue May 15, 2018 - 21:23 By the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down And I took out me violin to play me love a tune In the middle of the tune-o she sighed and she said O Johnny, lovely Johnny wouldn’t ya leave me

O when I was a young man I heard me father say That he’d sooner see me dead and buried in the clay Rather than be married-o to any runaway By the lovely sweet banks of the roses

O and I am no runaway and soon I’ll let them know That I can take a bottle or can leave it alone And the man that doesn’t like me he can keep his daughter at home And young Johnny will go rovin' with another

And if ever I get married t'will be in the month of May When the leaves they are green and the meadows they are gay And me and me true love can sit in sport and play By the lovely sweet banks of the roses

On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down And I took out me violin to play me love a tune In the middle of the tune-o she sighed and she said O Johnny, lovely Johnny wouldn’t ya leave me