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T: My Wild Irish Rose
C: Music and Lyrics by Chauncey Olcott (1898)
N: Irish-American, composed for the New York theater show "A Romance of Athlone".
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w:1.If you'll
w:2.They may sing of their roses, which by other names,
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w:list-en I'll sing you a sweet lit-tle song, of a
w:sing of their ros-es, which by o-ther names, Would_
"G"DEG | "A7"AB>A |"D7"A3- | A2 B,/C/ |
w:flow-er that's now dropped and dead,_ Yet_
w: smell just as sweet-ly, they say._ But I
"G"DEF | "G"GB>A | "C"AGE | "G"G2B,/C/ |
w:dear-er to me, yes than all of its mates, Though_
w:know that my Rose_ would ne-ver con-sent, To have
"G"DEG | "D7"AG>F | "G"G3- | G2B     |
w:each holds a-loft its proud head._ 'Twas
w:that sweet name ta-ken a-way._ Her
|"D7"ABc |   c2B/A/ | "G"GAB |    B2B
w:giv-en to me by a girl that I know, Since
w:glan-ces are shy when_ e'er I pass by, the
|"A7"B/B/AG |     EFG  |"D7"A3- | A2B,/C/  |
w:we've met, faith I've known no re-pose._ She is
w:bow--er where my true love grows._ And my
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w:dear-er by far than the world's bright-est star, and I
w:one wish has been that some day I may win the_
"G"DEG | "D7"AG>F | "G"G3- | G2     |]
w:call her my wild I-rish Rose._
w:heart of my wild I-rish Rose._
|: "^Chorus:""D7"D \
w:My
w:My
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w: Wild I-rish Rose,_ the sweet-est flower that grows._ You may
w: Wild I-rish Rose,_ the dear-est flower that grows._ And some
| "C"CDE | "G"[B,D]2 B, | "C"CDE | "G"D2F/G/ |1 "A7"E3 | B2 ^A | "D7"A3- | A z :|
w:search ev'-ry-where, but none can com-pare with my wild I-rish Rose._
w:day for my sake, she may let me take the_
|2 "A7"EFG | "D7"AGF | "G"G3- | G2 :|"Coda" "A7"EFG | "D7"G!fermata!A3/G/ | "G"G3- | G2 |]
w:bloom from my wild I-rish Rose._ bloom from my wild I-rish Rose._