The Yellow Rose of Texas Songtext

von 2nd South Carolina String Band

There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I'm going to see;
No other Soldiers know her
No Soldier, only me;
She cried so when I left her
That it like to broke my heart,
And if I only find her,
We never more will part.

She's the sweetest rose of colour
That a Soldier ever knew;
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
And sparkle like they do.
You may talk about your Dearest Mae,
And sing of Rosa Lee,
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee .
Where the Rio Grand' is flowing,
And the starry skies are bright,
She walks along the river
In the quiet summer night;
And she thinks if I remember
When we parted long ago,
I promised to come back again,
And not to leave her so.
(Repeat)

Oh, I'm going now to find her,
For my heart is full of woe,
And we'll sing the songs together
That we sang so long ago.
We'll play the banjo gaily,
And we'll sing our sorrows o'er,
And the yellow Rose of Texas
Shall be mine forever more.
She's the sweetest rose of colour
That a Soldier ever knew;
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
And sparkle like they do.
You may talk about your Dearest Mae,
And sing of Rosa Lee,
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee .
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee .