THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS
1. There's a yellow rose
in Texas that I am going to see,
No other soldier knows her,
no soldier only me;
She cried so when I left
her, it like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her,
we never more will part.
Chorus:
She's the sweetest rose
of color this soldier ever knew,
Her eyes are bright like
diamonds, they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your
dearest May and sing of Rosa Lee,
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
is the only girl for me.
2. When the Rio Grande is
flowing,
and the starry skies are
bright
She walks along the river
in the quiet summer night
She thinks if I remember,
when we parted long ago,
I promised to come back
again and not to leave her so
3. Oh, now I'm going to
find her, for my heart is full of woe
And we'll sing the song
together, that we sang so long ago
We'll play the banjo gaily,
and we'll sing the songs of yore,
And the Yellow Rose of Texas
shall be mine forevermore.