Banks o’ the Lee

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Where true lovers meet out beneath the green bower Where true lovers meet out beneath the green tree And it's Johnny, darling Johnny He says unto his true love "You have stolen my young heart by the banks o' the Lee." [Chorus] For I love him very dearly, most truly and sincerely There is no one in this wide world I loved more than he Every bush, and every bower, every wild Irish flower Reminds me of my true love, by the banks o' the Lee [Verse 2] "Don't stay out too late, love On the moorlands, by night, love Don't stay out too late, love On the moorlands for me." But little was my notion as we parted by the ocean That we were forever parted by the banks of the Lee [Chorus] For I love him very dearly, most truly and sincerely There is no one in this wide world I loved more than he Every bush, and every bower, every wild Irish flower Reminds me of my true love, by the banks o' the Lee [Verse 3] I will pull my love some roses, some wild Irish roses I will pull my love some roses, the fairest that ever grew And I'll lay them o'er the graveside Of my own dear darling Johnny On that cold and silent grave where he sleeps 'neath the dew [Chorus] For I love him very dearly, most truly and sincerely There is no one in this wide world I loved more than he Every bush, and every bower, every wild Irish flower Reminds me of my true love, by the banks o' the Lee