The Briar and the Rose

I fell asleep down by a stream

And there I had the srtangest 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

A briar and a rose

I picked a rose one early morn

I pricked my finger on a thorn

They'd grown so close their winding wove

The briar and the rose

I tried to tear them both apart

I felt a bullet in my heart

And all dressed up in springs new clothes

The briar and the rose

And when i'm buried and in my grave

Tell me then so i will know

Your tears may fall to make love grow

The briar and the rose