Biography:
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem was an Irish folk music singing group that formed in America in 1956. Widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States, and revitalising it in Ireland (paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like The Dubliners and The Wolfe Tones), Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers (Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother (Bobby Clancy).
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RED IS THE ROSE
[Verse]
C Em Dm F
Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass
C Cmaj7 F Em
Come over the hills to your darling
F Em Dm F
You choose the rose love, and I'll make the vow
C F C G7 C
And I'll be your true love forever
[Chorus]
C Em Dm F
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C Cmaj7 F Em
Fair is the lily of the valley
F Em Dm F
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C F C G7 C
But my love is fairer than any
[Verse]
C Em Dm F
'Twas down by Killarney's green woods we strayed
C Cmaj7 F Em
The moon and the stars they were shining
F Em Dm F
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
C F C G7 C
She swore she'd be my love forever
[Chorus]
C Em Dm F
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C Cmaj7 F Em
Fair is the lily of the valley
F Em Dm F
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C F C G7 C
But my love is fairer than any
[Verse]
C Em Dm F
It's not for the parting that my sister pains
C Cmaj7 F Em
It's not for the grief of my mother
F Em Dm F
'Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
C F C G7 C
That my heart is breaking forever
[Chorus]
C Em Dm F
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C Cmaj7 F Em
Fair is the lily of the valley
F Em Dm F
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C F C G7 C
But my love is fairer than any
[Verse]
C Em Dm F
Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass
C Cmaj7 F Em
Come over the hills to your darling
F Em Dm F
You choose the rose love, and I'll make the vow
C F C G7 C
And I'll be your true love forever
[Chorus]
C Em Dm F
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C Cmaj7 F Em
Fair is the lily of the valley
F Em Dm F
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C F C G7 C
But my love is fairer than any
[Verse]
C Em Dm F
'Twas down by Killarney's green woods we strayed
C Cmaj7 F Em
The moon and the stars they were shining
F Em Dm F
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
C F C G7 C
She swore she'd be my love forever
[Chorus]
C Em Dm F
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C Cmaj7 F Em
Fair is the lily of the valley
F Em Dm F
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C F C G7 C
But my love is fairer than any
[Verse]
C Em Dm F
It's not for the parting that my sister pains
C Cmaj7 F Em
It's not for the grief of my mother
F Em Dm F
'Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
C F C G7 C
That my heart is breaking forever
[Chorus]
C Em Dm F
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C Cmaj7 F Em
Fair is the lily of the valley
F Em Dm F
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C F C G7 C
But my love is fairer than any
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