THE BANKS OF THE ROSES
       D                     A              D
On the banks of the roses me love and I sat down
    G             D             A              D
and I took out me fiddle for to play me love a tune
           G             D          A              Hm
and in the middle of the tune o-she sighed and she said
G    D             G               A     D
dear Johnny lovely Johnny would ya leave me.

D
When I was a young man I heard me father say
          G             D        A             D
that he'd rather see me dead and buried in the clay
G              D          A       D
sooner than be married to any runaway
                    G           A  D
by the lovely sweet banks of the roses.

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Mellomspill (et ref)

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

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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.

Ref
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 sighed and she said
dear Johnny lovely Johnny would ya leave me
dear Johnny lovely Johnny would ya leave me
dear Johnny lovely Johnny would ya leave me.(markeringer-annslag grep)