I fell asleep down by the stream
and there I had the strangest dream
down by Brennan
Glen there grows
a briar and a rose
There
a tree in the forest
but I don?t know where
I build 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
Glen
and near the end of spring there grows
a briar and a rose
I picked the rose one early morn
but I pricked my finger on a thorn
the y?d grown so close their winding wove
the brair and a rose
I tried to tear them both apart
but I felt a bullet in my heart
and all dressed up in spring
new clothes
the briar and the rose
And when I
buried in my grave
tell me so I will know
Your tears will fall to make them grow
the briar and the rose