From the sheet music at Mississippi State University:

[Other copies can be seen at
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THE ROSE OF NO MAN'S LAND
LA ROSE SOUS LES BOULETS
French words by Louis Delamarre, English words by Jack Caddigan, music by James A. Brennan.
New York: Leo Feist, Inc., ©1918.

J'ai vu bien des fleurs s'empourprer,
Au jardin de la vie,
Et souvent j'aime à m'enivrer,
De leur senteur be'nie,
J'en sais une au pur eclat,
Sans rival ici bas.

CHORUS: La rose fleurit sous les Boulets,
En avant du front elle est,
De pleurs arrosée,
Pour bien des années,
Dans nos coeurs elle restera
La rose rouge amour du soldat,
Dans cette enciente où rien ne bouge,
L'ombre qui parâit,
Portant la Croix Rouge,
C'est la rose des Boulets.

1. I've seen some beautiful flowers
Grow in life's garden fair.
I've spent some wonderful hours,
Lost in their fragrance rare;
But I have found another,
Wondrous beyond compare.

CHORUS: There's a rose that grows on "No Man's Land"
And it's wonderful to see.
Though it's sprayed with tears,
It will live for years,
In my garden of memory.
It's the one red rose the soldier knows.
It's the work of the Master's hand:
'Mid the war's great curse
Stands the Red Cross Nurse.
She's the rose of "No Man's Land."

2. Out of the heavenly splendor,
Down to the trail of woe,
God in his mercy has sent her,
Cheering the world below.
We call her "Rose of Heaven."
We've learned to love her so.