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.