A traditional song which was a likely inspiration for Where The Wild Roses Grow. Nick's song is also available.. When I was a wee thing I heard my mother say. That I was meant for rambling and 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 my love and I sat down. He took out his tuning box to play his love a tune. In the middle of the tune his love got up and cried. Oh Johnny lovely Johnny would you leave me?. . So they walked and they talked until they came upon a cave. Where the night before her darling had spent digging on her grave. Aye the night before her darling had spent digging on her grave. On the bonnie bonnie banks of red roses. . Oh no oh no cried she that grave's not meant for me. Yes oh yes my darling that your bridal bed shall be. Yes oh yes my darling that your bridal bed shall be. And he's made her to lie down on red roses. . And all on his way homeward his heart was filled with fear. Every maid he came upon he thought it was his dear. Yes every maid he came upon he thought it was his dear. Who he made to lie down on red roses.