The Rose Of Allendale

G G C T'was the Rose of Allendale C D T'was the Rose of Allendale C G One maiden form withstood the storm C D G Was the Rose of Allendale G C G The morn was fair, the skies were clear G D No breath came o'er the sea G C G When Mary left her highland cot C D G And wandered forth with me D G Though flowers decked the mountainside C G D and fragrance filled the vale G C G By far the sweetest flower there C D G Was the Rose of Allendale G C T'was the Rose of Allendale C D T'was the Rose of Allendale C G One maiden form withstood the storm C D G Was the Rose of Allendale G C G Where'er I wandered, east or west G D Tho' fate begins to lour G C G A solace still is she to me C D G In sorrow's lonely hour D G When tempests lashed our gallant barque C G D And rent her shiv'ring sails G C G One maiden form withstood the storm C D G The Rose of Allendale G C T'was the Rose of Allendale C D T'Was the Rose of Allendale C G One maiden form withstood the storm C D G T'was the Rose of Allendale G C G D G C G C D G G C G And when my fever'd lips were parched G D By Afric's burning strand G C G She whispered hopes of happiness C D G And tales of distant lands D G My life has been a wilderness C G D Unblest by fortune's gale G C G Had fate not linked my lot to hers C D G The Rose of Allendale G C T'was the Rose of Allendale C D T'Was the Rose of Allendale C G Had fate not linked my lot to hers C D G T'was the Rose of Allendale G C T'was the Rose of Allendale C D T'Was the Rose of Allendale C G Had fate not linked my lot to hers C D G C G T'was the Rose of Allendale