There Were Roses Uke tab by Cara Dillon

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my song for you this evening
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It's not to make you sad
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nor for adding to the sorrows
         C                G
of this troubled northern land

but lately I been thinking
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and it just won't leave my mind
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to tell you of two friends one time
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who were both good friends of mine

alan bell from benagh
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he lived just across the fields
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a great man for the music
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and the dancing and the reels
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o'malley came from south armagh
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to court young alice fair
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and we'd often meet on the ryan road
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and laughter filled the air



           C  G   C G               C G
there were roses, roses, there were roses
                    D          C            G
and the tears of the people ran together




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           C  G   C G               C G
there were roses, roses, there were roses
                     D          C            G
and the tears of the people ran together

           C  G   C G               C G
there were roses, roses, there were roses