============================================== Ringsend Rose - Irish Traditional ============================================== In Irish town there lives a girl Fairer than the flower I'm wearin' Rose Donoghue all fresh and new And I love her past all carin' Curfa' And there she goes my Ringsend Rose In God's garden there's none rarer And there she goes my Ringsend Rose Dublin town has seen none fairer Sweet Seventeen my seamstress queen Nimble fingers and a thimble Soft satin skin, street Arab's grin And she made the work seem simple Curfa Three yards of lace a walk with grace And a golden ring she's asking 'Tis safe and slow but still I know That our love is everlastin' Curfa Curfa