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First Line:
Come over the hills my bonny Irish lass
Artist & Tune
Composed by:
Version by Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy
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Version by Annie Patterson
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Version by The Chieftans
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Version by Niamh Parsons
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Version by Órla Fallon
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About the Song
On Tommy Makem's CD, Songbag, he lists Red Is the Rose as traditional and his note reads, "Learned from the singing of my late mother, Sarah Makem, this favourite is set to the same tune as the lovely Scottish song, Loch Lommand."