Red is the Rose - The Chieftains (酋长乐队)/Nanci Griffith (南西·葛瑞芬)

Come over the hills, my handsome Irish lad

Come over the hills to your darling

You choose the road,

Love, and I'll make the vow

And I'll be your true love forever.

Red is the rose 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.

Down by Killarney's

Green woods that we strayed

When the moon and the stars they were shining

The moon shone its rays on

His locks of golden waves

And he swore he'd be my love forever.

Twas not for the parting with my sister came

Twas not for the grief of my mother

It's all for the loss of my handsome Irish lad

Now my heart is broken forever.

Red is the rose 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.