The[D] morning was fair,the[G] sky's were[D] clear No breath came o;re the[A] sea When[D] Mare left her[G] highland[D] home And[G] wandered[A] forth with[D] me Though[A] flowere decked the[D] mountain side And[G] fragrance[D] filled the[A] vale By[D] far the sweetest[G] flower[D] there Was the[G] rose of[A] Allen[D]dale [Chorus] Was[D] the rose of Allen[G]dale,was the[Bm] rose of Allen[A]dale By[G] far the sweetest[D] flower there,was the[G] rose of [A7]Allen[D]dale [2] Where'er I wandered east or west, Tho'faith began to lour A solace still she was to me In sorrow's lonely hour When tempest lashed our lonely barque And rent her shivring sail One maiden form withstood the storm 'Twas the rose of Allendale [3] And when my fever'd lips were parched On Afrie's burning sands She whispered hopes of happiness And tales of distant lands My life has been a wilderness Unbiest by fortune's gale Had faith not linked my lot to hers The rose of Allendale