Rose of Allendale lyrics

Oh, the sky was clear, the morning was fair

No breath came over the sea

When Mary left her highland home

And wandered forth with me

Though flowers decked the mountainside

And fragrance filled the vale

By far the sweetest flower there

Was the Rose of Allendale

Sweet Rose of Allendale

Sweet Rose of Allendale

By far the sweetest flower there

Was the Rose of Allendale

Where e'er I wandered, to east and to west

And fate began to lour

A solace still was she to me

In sorrow's lonely hour

Oh, tempests lashed my lonely barque

And they rent the quivering sails

One maiden's form withstood the storm

Was the Rose of Allendale

Sweet Rose of Allendale

Sweet Rose of Allendale

One maiden's form withstood the storm

Was the Rose of Allendale

And when my fever'd lips were parched

On Africa's burning sands

She whispered hopes of happiness

And tales of foreign lands

My life has been a wilderness

Unblessed by fortune's game

Had fate not linked my love to hers

Sweet Rose of Allendale

Sweet Rose of Allendale

Sweet Rose of Allendale

Had fate not linked my love to hers

Sweet Rose of Allendale