The Rose Of Allendale - The Dubliners Chords
Chords: G, C, D, Am
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Genre: folk, traditional, irish
[Verse]
G C G D
The moon was bright, the night was clear, no breeze came over the sea
G C G C D G
When Mary left her highland home and wandered forth with me.
D G C G D
The flowers bedecked the mountainside and fragrance filled the vale,
G C G C D G
But by far the sweetest flower there was the Rose of Allendale.
[Chorus]
G C Am D
Oh the Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale
C D G C D G
By far the sweetest flower there was the Rose of Allendale
[Verse]
G C G D
Where e'er I wandered east or west, though fate began to lour,
G C G C D G
A solace still to me was she, in sorrows lonely hour.
D G C G D
When tempests lashed our gallant barque and rent her quivering sails,
G C G C D G
One maidens form withstood the storm, twas the Rose of Allendale.
[Chorus]
G C Am D
Oh the Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale
C D G C D G
One maidens form withstood the storm, twas the Rose of Allendale.
[Verse]
G C G D
And when my fevered lips were parched on Afric's burning sands,
G C G C D G
She whispered hopes of happiness and tales of distant lands.
D G C G D
My life has been a wilderness unblest by fortunes gale;
G C G C D G
Had fate not linked my love to hers, the Rose of Allendale
[Chorus]
G C Am D
Oh the Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale
C D G C D G
Had fate not linked my love to hers, the Rose of Allendale
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