BLOOD RED ROSES              (Traditional)
Key:  D

   D                G       A     D            A                D
My good old Captain said to me,  (Go down, you blood-red roses, go down)
       D            G       A       D            A                D
"We'll plunder to a high degree!"  (Go down, you blood-red roses, go down)


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D                  G  A            D            A                D
Oh, your boots and poses,         (Go down, you blood-red roses, go down)
( pinks and posies)


Around the German lines we'll go...
For ashes make the flowers grow....

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Around Japan we'll have to go...
For that is where the hot winds blow...

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On Eastern seas we're bound to sail...
For sunken ships will tell no tale....

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On no-man's land we'll dance around...
We'll drive the roses underground.....

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