Banks of the Roses

BARNEY MCKENNA, CIARAN PADRAIG MAIRE BOURKE, LUKE KELLY, RONALD JOSEPH DREW

Chorus:
On the Banks of the Roses me love and I sat down
And I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune
And in the middle of the tune-o she smiled and she said
Ere Johnny, lovely Johnny won't ya leave me

When I was a young one I heard me father say
That he'd rather see me dead and buried in the clay
Sooner than be married to any runaway
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses

And then I am no runaway and soon I'll let them know
That I can take a bottle or can leave it alone
And if her daddy doesn't like it he can keep his daughter at home
And young Johnny will go rovin' with some other

And when I get married t'will be in the month of May
When the leaves they are green and the meadows they are gay
And me and me true love we'll sit and sport and play
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses

Trivia about the song Banks of the Roses by The Dubliners

On which albums was the song “Banks of the Roses” released by The Dubliners?
The Dubliners released the song on the albums “The Dubliners” in 1964, “At Their Best” in 1996, “The Definitive Transatlantic Collection” in 1997, “The Transatlantic Anthology” in 2002, “Live From the Gaiety” in 2004, and “Originals” in 2005.
Who composed the song “Banks of the Roses” by The Dubliners?
The song “Banks of the Roses” by The Dubliners was composed by BARNEY MCKENNA, CIARAN PADRAIG MAIRE BOURKE, LUKE KELLY, RONALD JOSEPH DREW.

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