The Rose of No Man's Land
"The Rose of No Man's Land" is a song written as a tribute to the Red Cross nurses at the front lines of the First World War.
Music publisher Leo Feist published a version in 1918 as "La rose sous les boulets", with French lyrics by Louis Delamarre. A version with English lyrics by Jack Caddigan and James Alexander Brennan was published by Jack Mendelsohn Music in 1945. Herman Darewski and others also published versions in 1918 and 1945.
While the main published versions were for piano and voice, other versions were arranged for band, orchestra or male quartette. Mechanicals for the phonograph and player piano were also released.English lyrics
Written by Jack Caddigan and James Alexander Brennan:French lyrics
Written by Louis Delamarre: