Banks Of The Roses
Barra MacneilsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
By the banks of the roses my love and I sat down.
And I took out my fiddle for to play my love a tune,
In the middle of the tune, me boy, she smiled and she said,
Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you leave me.
When I was a young lad I heard me father say,
That he'd rather see me dead,and buried in the clay,
Sooner than be married to any run away,
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.
Well now I am no run away and soon I'll have you know,
That I can take the bottle, or I can leave it alone,
And if her daddy doesn't like it, he can keep his daughter home,
And young Johnny will go roving with another.
When I am married, 'twill be in the month of May,
When the leaves they are green, and the meadows they are gay,
And me and my true love will sit and sport and play.
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.
Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you leave me.
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Readable chord sheet for Banks Of The Roses by Barra Macneils
By the ba[C]nks of the roses my l[G]ove and I sat d[C]own. And [F]I took out my fid[C]dle for to p[G]lay my love a t[C]une, In the mi[F]ddle of the t[C]une, me boy, she sm[G]iled and she s[Am]aid, Oh Jo[C]hnny, lovely Jo[F]hnny don't you le[G]ave [C]me. When [C]I was a young lad I h[G]eard me father [C]say, That h[F]e'd rather s[C]ee me dead,and bu[G]ried in the c[C]lay, So[F]oner than be mar[C]ried to a[G]ny run a[Am]way, By the lo[C]vely sweet ba[F]nks of the r[G]os[C]es. Well now [C]I am no run away and s[G]oon I'll have you k[C]now, That [F]I can take the bo[C]ttle, or I can le[G]ave it al[C]one, And if her da[F]ddy doesn't l[C]ike it, he can k[G]eep his daughter h[Am]ome, And young Jo[C]hnny will go ro[F]ving with a[G]noth[C]er. [C]When I am married, 'twill be [G]in the month of M[C]ay, When the le[F]aves they are gr[C]een, and the me[G]adows they are g[C]ay, And [F]me and my true l[C]ove will s[G]it and sport and p[Am]lay. By the lo[C]vely sweet ba[F]nks of the r[G]os[C]es. Oh Jo[C]hnny, lovely Jo[F]hnny don't you le[G]ave [C]me.