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- NICK CAVE - Banks Of The Roses (Traditional Version) Lyrics
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- When I was a wee thing, I heard my mother say
- That I was meant for rambling and would easy go astray
- And before that I would work, I would rather sport and play
- With my Johnny on the banks of red roses
- On the banks of red roses, my love and I sat down
- He took out his tuning box to play his love a tune
- In the middle of the tune, his love got up and cried
- Oh Johnny, lovely Johnny, would you leave me?
- So they walked and they talked until they came upon a cave
- Where the night before her darling had spent digging on her grave
- Aye, the night before her darling had spent digging on her grave
- On the bonnie, bonnie banks of red roses
- Oh no, oh no, cried she, that grave's not meant for me
- Yes, oh yes, my darling, that your bridal bed shall be
- Yes, oh yes, my darling, that your bridal bed shall be
- And he's made her to lie down on red roses
- And all on his way homeward, his heart was filled with fear
- Every maid he came upon, he thought it was his dear
- Yes, every maid he came upon, he thought it was his dear
- Who he made to lie down on red roses
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