The Corries - The Rose of Allendale lyrics

The morning was fair,the sky's were clear No breath came over the sea When Mare left her highland home And wandered forth with me Though flowere decked the mountain side And fragrance filled the vale By far the sweetest flower there Was the rose of Allendale (Chorus) Was the rose of Allendale Was the rose of Allendale By far the sweetest flower there, Was the rose of Allendale Where'er I wandered east or west, Tho'faith began to lour A solace still she was to me In sorrow's lonely hour When tempest lashed our lonely barque And rent her shivring sail One maiden form withstood the storm 'Twas the rose of Allendale And when my fever'd lips were parched On Afrie's burning sands She whispered hopes of happiness And tales of distant lands My life has been a wilderness Unbiest by fortune's gale Had faith not linked my lot to hers The rose of Allendale