The Rose of Allendale

Oh the sky was clear the morn was fair
No breath came over the sea
When Mary left her her highland home
And wandered forth with me

Flowers decked the mountainside
And fragrance filled the vale
By far the sweetest flower there
Was the rose of Allendale

CHORUS (repeat line)
Sweet rose of Allendale, sweet rose of Allendale
By far the sweetest flower there was the rose of Allendale

Where'er I wander to the East and West
And faith began to lull
Consoling still was she to me
In sorrow's lonely hour

Oh tempests wrecked my lonely boat
And they wrecked the quivering sails
One maiden form withstood the storm
Was the rose of Allendale

CHORUS (repeat line)
Sweet rose of Allendale, sweet rose of Allendale
One maiden form withstood the storm, the rose of Allendale

And when my feeble lips were parched
On Africa's burning sands
She whispered words of happiness
And tales of foreign lands

My life has been a wilderness
I'm blessed by fortune's gale
Had fate not linked my love to her
Sweet rose of Allendale

CHORUS (repeat line)
Sweet rose of Allendale, sweet rose of Allendale
Had fate not linked my love to her the rose of Allendale

(Trad.)

As recorded on #115 "The Great Sad River"

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