The morn was fair, the skies were clear No breath came o'er 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
And when my fever'd lips were parched On African's burning sands She whispered hopes of happiness And tales of distant lands My life has been a wilderness Unblest by fortune's gale Had fate not linked my lot to hers Sweet Rose of Allendale
Sweet Rose of Allendale Sweet Rose of Allendale By far the sweetest flower there Was the Rose of Allendale