Lyrics:

I fell asleep down by the stream
There I had the strangest dream
Down by Brennan's Glenn there grows
Briar and a rose

There's a tree in the forest
But I don't know where
I built a nest out of your hair
Climbing up into the air
Briar and a rose

I don't know how long it has been
But I was born in Brennan's Glenn
And near the end of spring there grows
The briar and a rose

I picked the rose one early morn
I pricked my finger on a thorn
Well it had grown so close it wove
The briar around the rose

I tried to tear them both apart
I felt a bullet in my heart
And all dressed up in springs new clothes
The briar and the rose

And when I'm buried in my grave
Tell me so I will know
Your tears will fall to make love grow
The briar and the rose
Your tears will fall to make love grow
The briar and the rose