Re: Red is the Rose

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Posted by Elaine on March 17, 2000 at 21:55:30:

In Reply to: Red is the Rose posted by davey gunn on March 17, 2000 at 20:29:40:

: Dear Lady Dana McS,
: You've given me a most wonderous challenge. I have listened to Nanci Griffith's rendition of my most favorite song (Red is the Rose) so many times tonight that i shall hear her in my sleep for a week. "That's a good thing"!! In the second chorus, it is more clear that the word may be "point".......i can clearly hear the "p"......but i will not be satisfied until i have found written proof, and i am working on that.

: davey gunn

Davey Gunn,

Does this help?
{And a Red Rose to the Irish lass, Danalee,
Who declared it was Boyne so pointedly.}

Elaine

RED IS THE ROSE

cho: Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows,
And fair is the lily of the valley;
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any.

Come over the hills, my bonny Irish lass
Comer over the hills to your darling;
You choose the rose, love, and I'll make the vow
And I'll be your true love forever.

'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed
And the moon and the stars they were shining;
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
And she swore she'd be my love forever.

It's not for the parting tht my sister pains
It's not for the grief of my mother,
"Tis all for the loss of my bonny Irish lass
That my heart is breaking forever.

{From Folksongs and Ballads Popular in Ireland, Ossian Publications}

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