Lyrics:

The pale moon was rising above the green mountains
The sun was declining beneath the blue sea
When I strayed with my love to the pure crystal fountains
That stands in a beautiful vale of Tralee
She was lovely and fair as a rose of the summer
Yet was not her beauty alone that won me
Oh no, 'twas the trust in her eyes ever dawning
That made me long to marry the Rose of Tralee
The cool shades of evening the mountains were spreading
And Mary all smiling sat listening to me
The moon through the vale a pale ray was shedding
When I won the heart of the Rose of Tralee
She was lovely and fair as a rose of the summer
Yet was not her beauty alone that won me
Oh no, 'twas the trust in her eyes ever dawning
That made me long to marry the Rose of Tralee