The Rose Of Allendale

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. 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. [Refrão] G C Am D Oh the Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale G C G C D G By far the sweetest flower there was the Rose of Allendale 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. 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. [Refrão]G C Am D Oh the Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale G C G C D G One maidens form withstood the storm, twas the Rose of Allendale. 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. 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 [Refrão]G C Am D Oh the Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale G C G C D G Had fate not linked my love to hers, the Rose of Allendale