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MY WILD IRISH ROSE
Words and Music by Chauncey
Olcott
1899
8-Bar Intro
Verse 1
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IF YOU LIS-TEN, I'LL SING YOU A SWEET LIT-TLE SONG
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OF A FLOW-ER THAT'S NOW DROOPED AND DEAD.
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YET DEAR-ER TO ME, YES, THAN ALL OF ITS MATES,
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THO' EACH HOLDS A-LOFT ITS PROUD HEAD.
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'TWAS GIV-EN TO ME BY A GIRL THAT I KNOW,
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SINCE WE'VE MET, FAITH, I'VE KNOWN NO RE-POSE,
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SHE IS DEAR-ER BY FAR THAN THE WORLD'S BRIGHT-EST STAR,
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AND I CALL HER MY WILD I- RISH ROSE.
Verse 2
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THEY MAY SING OF THEIR ROS-ES WHICH BY OTH-ER NAMES,
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WOULD SMELL JUST AS SWEET-LY, THEY SAY,
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BUT I KNOW THAT MY ROSE WOULD NEV-ER CON-SENT
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TO HAVE THAT SWEET NAME TAK-EN A-WAY.
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HER GLANC-ES ARE SHY WHEN E'ER I PASS BY
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THE BOW-ER WHERE MY TRUE LOVE GROWS,
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AND MY ONE WISH HAS BEEN THAT SOME DAY I MAY WIN
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THE HEART OF MY WILD I- RISH ROSE.
Chorus
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MY WILD I- RISH ROSE, THE SWEET-EST FLOW'R THAT GROWS,
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YOU MAY SEARCH EV-'RY-WHERE, BUT NONE CAN COM-PARE,
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WITH MY WILD I-RISH ROSE.
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MY WILD I- RISH ROSE, THE DEAR-EST FLOW'R THAT GROWS,
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AND SOME DAY FOR MY SAKE, SHE MAY LET ME TAKE
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THE BLOOM FROM MY WILD I-RISH ROSE.