Oh My Lovely Rose of Clare You're the sweetest girl I know The queen of all the roses And the pretty flowers that grow You are the sunshine of my life So beautiful and fair And I will always love you My lovely rose of Clare Oh the sun it shines out like a jewel On the lovely hills of Clare As I walked along with my sweet love One evening at the fair Her eyes they shone like silver streams Her long and golden hair And I have won the heart of one My Lovely Rose of Clare As we walked down by the riverbank Watched the Shannon flowing by And listening to the nightingale Sing songs for you and I And to bid farewell To all so true and fair For I have won the heart of one My Lovely Rose of Clare