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Thread #1086   Message #3334
Posted By: Ralph Butts
21-Mar-97 - 08:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Wild Irish Rose
Subject: Lyr Add: MY WILD IRISH ROSE (Chauncey Olcott)
Often you only hear the chorus, and the second verse is rare. Incredibly, Olcott also collaborated on the lyric of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and the music for "Mother Machree".

...Tiger

MY WILD IRISH ROSE
words and music by Chauncey Olcott, copyright 1899

If you'll listen, I'll sing you a sweet little song,
Of a flower that's now drooped and dead,
Yet dearer to me, yes, than all of its mates,
Tho' each holds aloft its proud head.

'Twas given to me by a girl that I know,
Since we've met, faith, I've known no repose,
She is dearer by far than the world's brightest star,
And I call her my wild Irish Rose

CHORUS
My wild Irish Rose,
The sweetest flow'r that grows,
You may search ev'rywhere,
But none can compare
With my wild Irish Rose.

My wild Irish Rose,
The dearest flow'r that grows,
And some day for my sake,
She may let me take
The bloom from my wild Irish Rose.

They may sing of their roses which, by other names,
Would smell just as sweetly, they say,
But I know that my Rose would never consent
To have that sweet name taken away.

Her glances are shy when e'er I pass by
The bower, where my true love grows;
And my one wish has been that some day I may win
The heart of my wild Irish Rose.

CHORUS