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| Her Majesty Queen Mary and Mary, the Princess Royal during the First World War The Royal Collection. Crown Copyright Image Courtesy of: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
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.
There's a rose that grows on "No Man's Land"
And it's 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's hand;
Mid the War's great curse, Stands the Red Cross Nurse,
She's the rose of "No Man's Land".
Out of the heavenly splendour,
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 learned to love her so.
There's a rose that grows on "No Man's Land"
And it's 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's hand;
Mid the War's great curse, Stands the Red Cross Nurse,
She's the rose of "No Man's Land".
“The Rose of No Man's Land” was a popular song from the end of the First World War. The song was written by Jack Caddigan and James Alexander Brennan as a tribute to the nurses of the Red Cross who served at the front lines.
Other versions of the song were published in 1918 as well as in 1945 as a patriotic tribute following the Second World War.
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