The Briar and the Rose Songtext
von Niamh Parsons & The Loose Connections

I fell asleep down by a stream
And there I had the strangest dream
And down by Brennan′s Glenn there grows
A briar and a rose
There's a tree in the forest and i don′t know where
I built a nest out of your hair
And climbing up into the air
A briar and a rose


Well i don't know how long it's been
But i was born in Brennan′s Glenn
And near the end of spring there grows
The briar and a rose
I picked a rose one early morn′
I pricked my finger on a thorn
It had grown so close it's winding wove
I tried to tear them both apart
I felt a bullet in through heart
And all dressed up in springs new clothes
A briar and a rose

And whenIi′m buried and in my grave
Tell me so I will know
Your tears may fall to make love grow
And when I'm buried and in my grave
Tell me so I will know
Your tears may fall to make love grow