Chords for Makem and Clancy - Red is the Rose

[F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ This one you can't sing rowdy.
It's nice, quiet.
It's a love song and it says,
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows, Fair is the lily of the valley,
Clear is the water that flows from the boyne, But my love is fairer than any.
[Cm] _ Red [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
is the rose that [Am] in yonder garden _ [F] _ grows, [C] Fair is [Cm] the lily [Fm] of the _
_ [C] valley,
_ _ [F] Clear _ [C] is the water [Am] that flows from the [F] boyne, [C] But my love [F] is _ [C] fairer [G] than _ _ [C] any.
_ _ _ [G] _
Come _ [C] _ over the hills, _ [Am] my bonnie _ Irish lass, [D] [C] Come over [G] [C] the hills to your [Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Em] darlin',
_ [F] You choose [C] the road, love, [D] and I'll [Am] make the [F]
vow, [D] [C] And I'll be your true _ love [G] forever.
_ [C] And _ _ _ red _ is the rose that [Am] in yonder garden _ [F] _
_ [C] grows, Fair _ is the lily of [F] _ _ _ [Em] the [C] valley,
_ _ [F] Clear _ [C] is the water [Dm] that flows [C] from the _
[F] boyne, [C] But my _ [F] love is _
[C] fairer [G] than _ any.
[C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] It was down [D] by [C] _ _ Killarney's [Dm] green _ [Am] woods that we _ [F] strayed, [C] When the moon and the stars, [F] they were _ _ [Em] shining.
_ The [F] moon [C] shone its rays on [D] her [Am] locks of golden [F] hair, And [C] she swore she'd be [Fm] my [C] _ love [G] _ _
forever.
[C] _ _ _ And red _ [D] is [C] the rose that [Am] in yonder garden _ [F] _ grows, [C] Fair is the lily of [F] the _
_ [C] valley,
_ _ [F] Clear _ _ [C] is the water [Dm] that flows [Am] from the [F] boyne, _ [C] But my _ [F] love is _ [C] _ fairer [G] than _ _ [C] any.
_ _ [G] _
Tis _ [C] _ not for the _
[G] [C] parting with [Am] my sister _ [F]
Kate, [C] Tis not for the grief of [F] my _ _ [C] [Em] mother, _
Tis [Fm] all [C] for the loss of [D] my [Am] bonnie _ Irish [F]
lass, [C] That my _ [Fm] heart is _ [C]
breaking [G] for her.
_ _ [C] _ _
And red _ is the rose that [D] in [Am] yonder garden _ [F] _
grows, [C] Fair is the lily _ [F] of the _ [C] valley, _ _
_ _ [F] _ Clear [C] is the water [Dm] that [Am] flows from the [F] boyne, [C] But my love [F] is _
[C] fairer [G] than any.
[C] It's too nice to stop there and [D] sing it [C] again.
Red _ is the rose that in [F] yonder [Am] garden _
[F] grows, [C] Fair _ is the lily of _ [F] the [C] valley,
_ And [F] clear _ [C] is the water [Am] that flows from the [F] boyne, [C] But my love [Fm] is _ [C] fairer than [G] any.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ [G] And I hope until we meet again that your porridge will never be lumpy or anything sad like that happen to you.
As the man said when his wife ran away and the hen stopped laying and the second tragedy was worse than the first.
_ We're going to leave you the wee song because [N] we have to be rambling. _