Key: F minor
Verse 1
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Oh, the rose and the lily -o
And these three men came after one lady
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As the rose was so sweetly grown
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He asked her if she'd be his delight
The next man came and
he was all in green
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Asked her if she would be his queen
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Oh, the rose and the lily
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Oh, the rose and the lily,
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As the rose is so sweetly grown,
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So the lily is so sweetly sung.
The first man came,
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I asked her if she'd be his delight.
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and he was dressed in red,
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I asked her nicely if she would wear,
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And also her that did you bear.
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And I have asked your sister, Anne,
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Though I've never met
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Oh, the rose and the lily
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Oh, the rose and the lily
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As the rose is so sweetly grown
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So the lily is so sweetly sung
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There they met her brother John
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Oh, she stood low to give him kisses sweet
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He, to her heart, did a dagger meet
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There I'd sit and I'd bleed a while
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I wish I were up on yonder hill
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For there I'd sit and I'd make my will
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All the rose and the lily,
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all of the rose and the lily
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As the rose is so sweetly grown,
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so that the lily is so sweetly sung
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What would you give to your father, dear?
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This gallant horse that does me bear
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What would you give to your mother,
dear?
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This wedding dress that I do wear
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Belt s, running dress, that I'd wear
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No, she must wash it very, very clean
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For my heart's blood stays in every seam
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On the rose, on the rose of the lily,
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As the rose is so sweetly grown,
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So are the leaves, so sweetly stoned.
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A tall, tall tree to hang him on?
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A rope and gallows to hang him on?
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What would you give to your brother's wife
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A widow's beat and a peaceful life?
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Oh the rose and the lily
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Oh the rose and the lily
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As the rose is so sweetly grown,
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So the lily is so sweetly sung.
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Oh, the rose and the lily,
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Oh, the rose and the lily,
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As the rose is so sweetly grown,
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So the lake is so sweetly sung.
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