Banks of the Roses (The)

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BANKS OF THE ROSES, THE. AKA - "Banks of the Daisies." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. "There is a setting in Stanford-Petrie with the name, 'The Banks of the Daisies.' The version I give here is different. If ever I get married it's in the month of May, When the fields they are green and the meadows they are gay, When my truelove and I can sit sport and play All alone on the banks of the roses (Joyce) Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 128, pg. 65.

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