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The Last Rose of Summer

The lyrics to The Last Rose of Summer is about the sadness of life once a person’s friends and loved ones have passed on.

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The song was originally written as a poem by Thomas Moore and was later set to an old Irish folk tune.

The chords are presented here in G Major, the same key used by Clannad in their version of The Last Rose of Summer.

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The Last Rose of Summer Lyrics and Chords

G 

‘Tis the last  

C 

rose of  

G 

summer, left  

Em 

blooming 

 

 

D7 

all 

 

 

G 

alone.

 

All her love

C 

ly 

 

com

G 

panions are  

Em 

faded 

 

 

D7 

and 

 

 

G 

gone.

 

No  

Em 

flower of her  

G 

kindred, no  

Em 

rose bud is  

C 

nigh

 

To re

G 

flect 

 

 

C 

back her  

G 

blushes and  

Em 

give 

 

 

D7 

sigh for  

G 

sigh.

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I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one to pine on the stem

Since the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them.

Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o’er the bed

Where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead.

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So soon may I follow, when friendships decay

And from love’s shining circle the gems drop away.

When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown

Oh who would inhabit this bleak world alone!

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