[ti:Red is the Rose] [ar:The Chieftains] [al:An Irish Evening] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Red is the Rose - The Chieftains/Nanci Griffith [00:19.73]Come over the hills my handsome Irish lad [00:27.28]Come over the hills to your darling [00:35.15]You choose the road [00:38.25]Love and I'll make the vow [00:42.81]And I'll be your true love forever [00:50.74]Red is the rose in yonder garden grows [00:58.48]Fair is the lily of the valley [01:06.21]Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne [01:13.88]But my love is fairer than any [01:22.39]Down by Killarney's [01:26.44]Green woods that we strayed [01:30.18]When the moon and the stars they were shining [01:37.60]The moon shone its rays on [01:41.39]His locks of golden waves [01:45.48]And he swore he'd be my love forever [02:01.79]Twas not for the parting with my sister came [02:09.55]Twas not for the grief of my mother [02:17.27]It's all for the loss of my handsome Irish lad [02:24.87]Now my heart is broken forever [02:33.31]Red is the rose in yonder garden grows [02:41.09]Fair is the lily of the valley [02:49.29]Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne [02:56.97]But my love is fairer than any