The spring was new ere then i walked
In beauties radiant  gleam
And I saw her smile on distant shores
Was I fool  and apt to dream
Could I yet win this lady fair
Once more on bended knee
For there was nought a flower so rare
As the Rose of Albany

Yet though I wandered in the west
In search of treasures told
In the rocky Peaked  Montana Fall
I lay in search of gold 
But had I known Indiana plains 
There lived but one as she
Her beauty rare beyond compare
The sweet Rose of Albany

Yet the war that took this nation on
As brother fought and sad
Fort Sumpters guns coughed of their spite
When I was ought a lad 
And ere I rode in Shermans hordes 
Through Georgia to the sea
One vision mine to keep me sane
The  Rose of Albany


Then peace came on in Lincolns way
Unite the nation pleas
Play me Dixie to a man 
Spare not your breath said he
And the band played on The rebel song
There was none as fair as she
And on steed of might I took to find
Fair Rose of Albany 

And she was fair as the stories gave
My heart was taken thus
For I fell in love in helpless state
No love there  deeper was 
So I took her hand in lovers stroll
by  the banks of Jacksons stream
And lay her down on verdant ground
The fair Rose of Albany