This is the Barra MacNeils' version of the traditional Irish tune "Banks of the 
Roses". The lyrics are a little different from what you might be familiar with, 
just sing it how you like, it will still fit fine.

This is a great bar tune, so enjoy.

Chorus:
         C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)            CBy (x32010@1)the banks of the roses my love and I sat down.
    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)I took out my fiddle for to play my love a tune,
         F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)           AmIn (x02210@1)the middle of the tune, me boy, she smiled and she said,
     C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)              G (320003@1) COh (x32010@1)Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you leave me.

C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)            CWhen (x32010@1)I was a young lad I heard me father say,
      F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)          CThat (x32010@1)he'd rather see me dead,and buried in the clay,
  F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)     AmSooner (x02210@1)than be married to any run away,
         C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.

[Chorus]
         C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)                CWell (x32010@1)now I am no run away and soon I'll have you know,
     F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)      CThat (x32010@1)I can take the bottle, or I can leave it alone,
             F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)               AmAnd (x02210@1)if her daddy doesn't like it, he can keep his daughter home,
            C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)        G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)young Johnny will go roving with another.

[Chorus]
C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1)              CWhen (x32010@1)I am married, 'twill be in the month of May,
           F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)the leaves they are green, and the meadows they are gay,
    F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)               AmAnd (x02210@1)me and my true love will sit and sport and play.
         C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
By the lovely sweet banks of the roses.

[Chorus]
[Chorus]
     C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)              G (320003@1) COh (x32010@1)Johnny, lovely Johnny don't you leave me.

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