The Rose of No Man’s Land

A tribute to the Red Cross Nurse, 1918.
words by Jack Caddigan
music by James A. Brennan


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. I’ve seen some beautiful flowers
    Grow in life’s garden fair
    I’ve spent some wonderful hours
    Lost in their fragrance rare
    But I have found another
    Wondrous beyond compare

Chorus
There’s a Rose that grows on “No man’s land”
And its wonderful to see
Tho’ its spray’d with tears
It will live for years
In my garden of memory
It’s the one red rose the soldier knows
It’s the work of the Master hand
‘Mid war’s great curse
Stands the Red cross Nurse
She’s the Rose of No Man’s land

  1. Out of the heavenly splendor
    Down to the trail of woe
    God in his mercy has sent her
    Cheering the world below
    We call her Rose of Heaven
    We’ve learn’d to love her so

Sung here by Fred Feild: