Irish Songs

Posted by Dana McS. on March 17, 2000 at 03:42:46:

I heard this song on a video and I hum it all the time. The verses tell of a guy who falls in love with an Irish lass. The Irish lass dies at the end. So sad... I can't quite figure out all the words.

Red is the rose,
In yonder garden grows,
Fair is the lilly-of-the-valley,
And clear is the water that flows from the...BOING (This SURELY can't be right)
And my love is fairer than any.

I KNOW it's not 'BOING'. Can't for the life of me tell what this word is in the video I have. This is a chorus from a song called 'Red is the Rose'. Does anyone know what the word is? I know those celts can come up with some strange ones sometimes.

And another thing. The version I have heard is sung to the tune of the 'You Take the High Road..." song, which I thought was Scottish, yet, the words to 'Red is the Rose' are Irish. Hmmmm.

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!
Dana McS.

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: I heard this song on a video and I hum it all the time.  The verses tell of a guy who falls in love with an Irish lass.  The Irish lass dies at the end.  So sad...  I can't quite figure out all the words.

: 
: Red is the rose,
: In yonder garden grows,
: Fair is the lilly-of-the-valley,
: And clear is the water that flows from the...BOING (This SURELY can't be right)
: And my love is fairer than any.

: I KNOW it's not 'BOING'.  Can't for the life of me tell what this word is in the video I have.  This is a chorus from a song  called 'Red is the Rose'.  Does anyone know what the word is?  I know those celts can come up with some strange ones sometimes.

: And another thing.  The version I have heard is sung to the tune of the 'You Take the High Road..." song, which I thought was Scottish, yet, the words to 'Red is the Rose' are Irish.  Hmmmm.

: Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!
: Dana McS.  


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