The Wild Rose is a musical in two acts with music by Ludwig Engländer and both book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart.[1] The musical contained the hit song "A Most Unlucky Man" by the songwriting team of Jean Schwartz and William Jerome.[2]
The Wild Rose premiered on Broadway in 1902. It should not be confused with the 1926 musical of the same name by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Rudolf Friml.