Rose/Desi: Before spreading more misinformation about this song, can you cite credible sources? In the song, "the rose" clearly refers to Mary, a woman, whatever meaning it may have had in the Rob Roy legend, at best distantly related. So far, the facts presented indicate that "The Rose of Allandale" was just a lyrical love song written along an established pattern, and is no more authentically Scottish than "Brigadoon", while it was likely set in Northumberland. It needs more than mere assertion to refute points others have backed up factually.