The Banks Of The Roses-The Dubliners

[ti:The Banks Of The Roses] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:The Dubliners - The Definitive Transatlantic Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Banks Of The Roses - The Dubliners [00:06.56]On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down [00:11.10]And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune [00:15.21]And in the middle of the tune-o she smiled and she said [00:19.50]Ere Johnny lovely Johnny won't ya leave me [00:23.29] [00:25.39]When I was a young one I heard me father say [00:29.19]That he'd rather see me dead and buried in the clay [00:32.94] [00:33.45]Sooner than be married to any runaway [00:37.54]By the lovely sweet banks of the roses [00:41.52]On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down [00:45.89]And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune [00:49.95]And in the middle of the tune-o she smiled and she said [00:53.90]Ere Johnny lovely Johnny won't ya leave me [00:57.78] [00:59.75]And then I am no runaway and soon I'll let them know [01:03.72]That I can take a bottle or can leave it alone [01:07.23]And if her daddy doesn't like it he can keep his daughter at home [01:11.43]And young Johnny will go rovin' with some other [01:15.42]On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down [01:19.75]And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune [01:23.65]And in the middle of the tune-o she smiled and she said [01:27.58]Ere Johnny lovely Johnny won't ya leave me [01:31.28] [01:32.98]And when I get married t'will be in the month of May [01:36.90]When the leaves they are green and the meadows they are gay [01:40.98]And me and me true love we'll sit and sport and play [01:44.95]By the lovely sweet banks of the roses [01:48.87]On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down [01:53.21]And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune [01:57.28]And in the middle of the tune-o she smiled and she said [02:00.98]Ere Johnny lovely Johnny won't ya leave me