Intro : T'was the Rose of Allendale T'was the Rose of Allendale One maiden form withstood the storm Was the Rose of Allendale The morn was fair, the skies were clear No breath came o'er the sea When Mary left her highland cot And wandered forth with me Though flowers decked the mountain and fragrance filled the vale By far the sweetest flower there Was the Rose of Allendale T'was the Rose of Allendale T'was the Rose of Allendale One maiden form withstood the storm Was the Rose of Allendale Where'er I wandered, east or west Tho' fate begins to lour A solace still is she to me In sorrow's lonely hour When tempests lashed our gallant barque And rent her shiv'ring sails One maiden form withstood the storm The Rose of Allendale T'was the Rose of Allendale T'Was the Rose of Allendale One maiden form withstood the storm T'was the Rose of Allendale       And when my fever'd lips were parched By Afric's burning strand 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 The Rose of Allendale T'was the Rose of Allendale T'Was the Rose of Allendale Had fate not linked my lot to hers T'was the Rose of Allendale T'was the Rose of Allendale T'Was the Rose of Allendale Had fate not linked my lot to hers T'was the Rose of Allendale