I fell asleep down by the 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

But I don't know where

I built a nest out of your hair

And climbing up into the air

A briar and a rose



I don't know how long it has been

But I was born in Brennan's Glenn

And near the end of spring there grows

A briar and a rose



P icked the rose one early morn

I pricked my finger on a thorn

It had grown so high

It's winding wove the briar around the rose



I tried to tear them both apart

I felt a bullet in my heart

And all dressed up in springs and clothes

The briar and the rose



And when I'm buried in my grave

Tell me so I will know

Your tears will fall

To make love grow

The briar and the rose

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