Wild Irish RoseC. Olcott 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 sweetest flower that grows And someday for my sake She may let me take The bloom from my wild Irish rose. |
The words and music are by singer-songwriter Chauncey Olcott, who also wrote "Mother Machree" and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" he also made popular "An Irish Lullaby" by James Royce Shannon.