Oh my lovely rose of Clare you're the sweetest girl I know You're the queen of all the roses like 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 stroll along with my sweet lass one evening at the fair Her eyes they shone like silver streams her long and golden hair For I have won the heart of one my lovely rose of Clare Oh my lovely rose of Clare you're the sweetest girl I know You're the queen of all the roses like 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 As we walked down by the riverbank watched the Shannon flowing by And listened to the nightingale singing songs for you and I And now to say farewell to hold you true and fair For I will always love you my lovely rose of Clare Oh my lovely rose of Clare you're the sweetest girl I know You're the queen of all the roses like 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