As with every traditional song, there are many different versions of "The Rose Of Allendale" too.
Here I follow the version by The Corries.
They Play it with Capo on 7th fret, I usually play it with Capo on 3rd fret.
[Refrain]
C F G7
Oh Rose of Allendale, sweet Rose of Allendale
C F C F G7 C
One maidens form withstood the storm, 'twas the Rose of Allendale.
[Verse]
C F C G7
The morn was fair, the night was clear, no breath came over the sea
C F C F G7 C
When Mary left her highland home and wandered forth with me.
G7 C F C G7
Though flowers decked the mountainside and fragrance filled the vale,
C F C F G7 C
By far the sweetest flower there was the Rose of Allendale.
[Refrain]
C F G7
'twas the Rose of Allendale, 'twas the Rose of Allendale
C F C F G7 C
By far the sweetest flower there was the Rose of Allendale.
[Verse]
C F C G7
Where e'er I wandered east or west, though fate begins to lour,
C F C F G7 C
A solace still to me is she, in sorrows lonely hour.
G7 C F C G7
When tempests lashed our gallant barque and rent her shivering sails,
C F C F G7 C
One maidens form withstood the storm, 'twas the Rose of Allendale.
[Refrain]
C F G7
'twas the Rose of Allendale, 'twas the Rose of Allendale
C F C F G7 C
One maidens form withstood the storm, 'twas the Rose of Allendale.
[Verse]
C F C G7
And when my fevered lips were parched by Afric's burning sands,
C F C F G7 C
She whispered hopes of happiness and tales of distant lands.
G7 C F C G7
My life had been a wilderness unblest by fortunes gale;
C F C F G7 C
Had fate not linked my love to hers, the Rose of Allendale
[Refrain]
C F G7
'twas the Rose of Allendale, 'twas the Rose of Allendale
C F C F G7 C
Had fate not linked my love to hers, the Rose of Allendale
