I Wish My Love was a Red Red Rose

I Wish My Love Was A Red Red Rose

Meav Ni Mhaolchatha

Album: Meav

I wish my love was a red, red rose

growing in yon garden fair

And I to be the gardener

of her I would take care

There's not a month throughout the year

but my love I'd renew

I'd garnish her with flowers fine

sweet William, Thyme and Rue

I wish I was a butterfly

I'd light on my love's breast

And if I was a blue cuckoo

I'd sing my love to rest

And if I was a nightingale

I'd sing to daylight clear

I'd sit and sing with you, Molly

for once I loved you dear

I wish I was in Dublin town,

and seated on the grass

In my right hand, a jug of punch, and on my knee, a lass

I'd call for liquor freely and I'd pay before I'd go

I'd roll my Molly in my arms, let the wind blow high or low