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Digital Tradition, redrose

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One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major F 6/8 Has source text No chords explore more...

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X:2063
T:Red is the Rose
O:ireland
S:Digital Tradition, redrose
B:Joe Heaney, via Helen Schneyer & Lucy Simpson
Z:dt:redrose
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:Over the mountains and down in the glen
W:To a little thatched cot in the valley
W:where the thrush and the linnet sing their ditty and their song
W:And my love's leaning over the half-door
W:
W:  Chorus:
W:  Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
W:  Fair is the lily of the valley
W:  Clear are the waters that flow in yonder stream
W:  But my love is fairer than any.
W:
W:Down by the seashore on a cool summer's eve
W:With the moon rising over the heather
W:The moon it shown fair on her head of golden hair
W:And she vowed she'd be my love forever.
W:
W:It is not for the loss of my own sister Kate
W:It is not for the loss of my mother,
W:It is all for the loss of my bonnie blue-eyed lass
W:That I'm leaving my homeland forever.
K:F
F3 F2G|A3 G2F|G2A G2F|D3- D2C-|F3 F2F|F2G A2c|d3 c3-|c3 z3|
d3 d2c|A3 A2c|B2A G2F|D3 C2-D|F3 F2A|d3 c2A|G6|F6||

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