Karaoké Rose of Castlerea Brendan Shine

Oh, the lambs were playing in the field and the tulips were in flower

When I left the home that I love so well

I can ne'er forget the hour

Before me was the

Atlantic waves to a home in Tennessee

And I left behind me the girl I loved

She's the rose of Castelrea

She may not have been a beauty queen

She might never be a rose

But to me she is the fairest flower that in the garden grows

And although I am in America across the Atlantic Sea

Sure I'd always love my Roscommon girl

She's the rose of Castelrea

It's manys the night that I lie in bed

But, my thoughts upon thee go

To the lovely days when I walked my love on the road out by Knockroe

Her smiling face her shining hair was a joy for all to see

'Twas a cruel day that I went away but, from you and Castelrea

She may not have been a beauty queen

She might never be a rose

But to me she is the fairest flower that in the garden grows

And although I am in America across the Atlantic Sea

Sure I'd always love my Roscommon girl

She's the rose of Castelrea

I opened up the

Roscommon Herald that I just received today

For to read about my native town and my friends so far away

But the tears began to blind me as I glanced across page three

Had a picture on her wedding day of the rose of Castlerea

Farewell to you, Roscommon from Cloonad to the Shannon shore

Farewell to Boyle and Frenchpark

I'll never see you more

The cotton fields near Memphis must remain a home for me

But, I'll always love my Roscommon girl

She's the rose of Castelrea

She may not have been a beauty queen

She might never be a rose

But to me she is the fairest flower that in the garden grows

And although I am in America across the Atlantic Sea

Sure I'd always love my Roscommon girl

She's the rose of Castelrea

Sure I'd always love my Roscommon girl

She's the rose of Castelrea