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My Wild Irish Rose

Chauncey Olcott

“My Wild Irish Rose” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Chauncey Olcott: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

My wild Irish Rose,

The sweetest flower that grows

You may search everywhere,

But none can compare

With my wild Irish Rose,

My wild Irish Rose,

The dearest flower that blows

And some day, for my sake,

She may let me take

The bloom from my wild Irish Rose.

Credits

Written by Chauncey Olcott

Words by Chauncey Olcott. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “My Wild Irish Rose”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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