dc.contributor.author	Nelson, S.
dc.contributor.author	Jeffery, Charles
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-07T19:22:25Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-07T19:22:25Z
dc.date.issued	1840
dc.identifier.issn	438151229
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1122
dc.description	"The Rose of Allendale" is an English song, with words by Charles Jeffreys and music by Sidney Nelson, composed in the 1840s. Because the song has been recorded by Paddy Reilly and Mary Black, many people mistakenly believe the song to be a (traditional) Irish song. Sometimes it is also believed to be a Scottish song. The English song lyrics are about a maiden from the town of Allendale, Northumberland (in love songs, a rose, regarded as a beautiful and romantic flower, is often the fairest maiden of a region or village).[1] Even though similarities are striking that the song is a translated version of a much older German folk song that melodywise rooted in an old "altwürttembergische Melodie" from the Rems valley.[citation needed] It is a soldier's farewell song to his beloved and reflects the unstable times of war. The song was also popularized by the Scottish folk band The Corries, and The Dubliners (e.g. on their 1987 album 25 Years Celebration) as well as in bagpipe versions, e.g. Grampian Police Pipe Band on their album Pipes and Drums of Scotland, song no. 13. [Wikipedia entry as of 05/07/2012]	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	New York: Firth & Hall	en_US
dc.subject	sheet music	en_US
dc.title	The Rose of Allandale	en_US
dc.type	Musical Score	en_US