Banks Of Red Roses - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Bryce Dessner, eighth blackbird

When I was a wee thing and easy led astray

It’s before I would work I would rather sport and play

It’s before I would work I would rather sport and play

With my Johnny on the banks of red roses

On the banks of red roses my love and I sat down

He took out his fiddle and began to play a tune

And when the tune was ended, his love broke down and cried

Saying, «Johnny, o Johnny, never leave me»

He took out his pocket knife and it was long and sharp

And he plunged it through and through his bonny lassie’s heart

He plunged it through and through his bonny lassie’s heart

And he left her to die on the roses

When I was a wee thing and easy led astray

It’s before I would work I would rather sport and play

It’s before I would work I would rather sport and play

With my Johnny on the banks of red roses