Lyrics:
Nick Cave The Bad Seed Banks Of The Roses

would easy go astray And before that I would work, I would rather sport and play With my Johnny on the banks of red roses On the banks of red roses

Translation: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Banks Of The Roses (Traditional Version).

took her where the wild roses grow And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die" And lent down and planted a rose

dropped off to sleep. I had a bottle of the Burglar's wine Which my true love did not know, And so I poisoned that dear little girl Down under the bank