Kitty The Rose Of Kilrea

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[Verse 1]

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I've always been a rover and I've never had a care
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I've courted every lass I've met from Antrim down to Clare
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I've never felt the pain of love 'till cupid came one day
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Now every thought I've had is on me Kitty of Kilrea!


[Chorus]

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I love the rose of Kilrea, and one of these days I'll dance her away
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She's stolen me heart, and never I'll part with Kitty the rose of Kilrea!


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[Verse 2]

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Her hair is long and golden and her eyes are em'rald green
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She's well put together from head to toe she's every young man's dream
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All of the boys are chasin' her and it's time I made me play
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When I get bold I will propose to Kitty the rose of Kilrea


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I love the rose of Kilrea, and one of these days I'll dance her away
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She's stolen me heart, and never I'll part with Kitty the rose of Kilrea!


[Verse 3]

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In Belfast city I know a lass with money and with class
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She says she's waitin' to marry me but I know it wouldn't last
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I told her nice and gently that me heart would never stray
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From the rose of county Derry and my Kitty of Kilrea


[Chorus]

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I love the rose of Kilrea, and one of these days I'll dance her away
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She's stolen me heart, and never I'll part with Kitty the rose of Kilrea!


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[Verse 5]

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Now that we are married we have children on our knee
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A girl just like her mother and a boy that looks like me
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And when I hold her in my arms my heart still thumps away
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The king can have his riches, I've got Kitty of Kilrea


[Chorus]

C          G                   D                      Em
I love the rose of Kilrea, and one of these days I'll dance her away
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She's stolen me heart, and never I'll part with Kitty the rose of Kilrea!!

[Chorus]

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Yes’, I love the rose of Kilrea, and one of these days I'll dance her away
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She's stolen me heart, and never I'll part with Kitty the rose of Kilrea!