West Of Roan - Gentian
Tell me the colour of my true love's eyes
Blue as the sea, blue as the corn
Blue as the baby, never will be born
Oh, oh
You plant the corn, I'll call the sheep
In from the hillside where they gather to bleat
Gather them in
Gather them in
Mill me a bale of thistle-down
I'll spin, I'll spin, I'll spin until
Blue as the sea, blue as your eyes
Blue as, blue as the day
Blue as the day, blue as the deep
Cut me a shirt from the fleece of the sheep
Cut me the cloth, cut me the blue
And I'll know
And I'll know
Cut me and I'll know
Blue grows the gentian on the bank
Blue grows the gentian on the bank
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