Dissociated Thoughts

2/17/22 - Nanci Griffith

Feb. 17, 2022

Red is the Rose - sung by Nanci Griffith, music performed by the Chieftains

Nanci Griffith:
Nanci Griffith is a professional singer/songwriter and guitarist who was born and raised in Texas. She died at the age of 68 in Nashville, TN. She performed from the 1970's through 2017. She performed with stars such as Don McLean, Reba, Lyle Lovett, The Chieftains, and Bob Dylan. Her music is typically considered to be Country & Western. Her song Never Mind can be found on the motion picture, The Firm.

Would you like to hear more songs by Nanci Griffith?
Here's a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQlhbAAqOow

The Song:
Red is the Rose is a traditional Irish love song. The writer is of the song unknown, but the melody is taken from the Scottish folk song, Loch Lomond. Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem were the first artists to bring Red is the Rose to a worldwide audience, followed by The High Kings, Orla Fallon, and by Nanci Griffith with The Chieftains. The Irish tenor Anthony Kearns also recorded a version at a performance at the John F Kennedy Library in 2012, where he dedicated the song to Rose Kennedy, JFK's mother.

Lyrics ▼

Come over the hills my handsome Irish lad
Come over the hills to your darling
You choose the road love, and I'll make a vow
That I'll be your true love forever

Red is the rose by yonder garden grows
And 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 we did stray
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

It's not for the parting of my sister Kate
It's not for the loss of my mother
It's all for the loss of my handsome Irish lad
Now my heart is broken forever

Red is the rose by yonder garden grows
And fair is the lily of the valley
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any

Like to hear more from the Chieftains? Try North Amerikay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCT5aMQAXM8&list=PLiMGQt6hb8Y3ptKYrrLJyrrpaufmtL...