Roisin Dubh Black Rose Lyrics

Roisin Dubh Black Rose lyrics

Tell me the legends of long ago 

 When the kings and queens would dance in the realm of the Black Rose 

 Play me the melodies I want to know 

 So I can teach my children, oh 

  

 Pray tell me the story of young C£ Chulainn 

 How his eyes were dark his expression sullen 

 And how he'd fight and always won 

 And how they cried when he was fallen 

  

 Oh tell me the story of the Queen of this land 

 And how her sons died at her own hand 

 And how fools obey commands 

 Oh tell me the legends of long ago 

  

 Where the mountains of Mourne come down to the sea 

 Will she no come back to me 

 Will she no come back to me 

  

 Oh Shenandoah I hear you calling 

 Far away you rolling river 

 Roll down the mountain side 

 On down on down go lassie go 

  

 Oh Tell me the legends of long ago 

 When the kings and queens would dance in the realms of the Black Rose 

 Play me the melodies so I might know 

 So I can tell my children, oh 

  

 My Roisin Dubh is my one and only true love 

 It was a joy that Joyce brought to me 

 While William Butler waits 

 And Oscar, he's going Wilde 

  

 Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan? 

 Looking for a girl with green eyes 

 My dark Rosaleen is my only colleen 

 That Georgie knows Best 

  

 But Van is the man 

 Starvation once again 

 Drinking whiskey in the jar-o 

 Synge's Playboy of the Western World 

  

 As Shaw, Sean I was born and reared there 

 Where the Mountains of Mourne come down to the sea 

 Is such a long, long way from Tipperary