On the banks of the roses in e (4/4)

Akkoorden in dit liedje

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On the_banks of the Roses, my_love and I sat down
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And_I took out my fid-dle to_play my love a tune
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In the_mid-dle of the tune, oh, she_smiled and she said:
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‘O – ro_John-ny, love-ly John – ny, would you_leave      me

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1 Oh when_I was a young man I_heard my fa - ther say
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That_he’d rath-er_see me dead and_bur-ied in the clay,
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_Soon-er than be mar-ried to_any run-a-way
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By the_love-ly sweet banks of_the ros -       es Refrein

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2 Oh then_I am no run a-way and_soon I’ ll let them know
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I_can take a good glass or_can_leave it       a-lone
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And the_man that does n’t like me he can_keep his daugh-ter home
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And young_John-ny will go rov-ing with an  -_ oth       -   er Refrein

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