The Yellow Rose of Texas

There's a yellow rose in Texas

That I am going to see

No other cowboy knows her

Nobody, only me

She cried so when I left her

It like to broke her heart

And if we ever meet again

We never more shall part

She's the sweetest rose of color

This cowboy ever knew

Her eyes are bright as diamonds

They sparkle like the dew

You may talk about your dearest maids

And sing of Rosalie

But the yellow rose of Texas

Beats the belles of Tennessee

Where the Rio Grande is flowin'

And the stars are shinin' bright

We walked along together

On a quiet summer night

She said, "If you remember

When we parted long ago

You promised to come back again

And never leave me so"

She's the sweetest rose of color

This cowboy ever knew

Her eyes are bright as diamonds

They sparkle like the dew

You may talk about your dearest maids

And sing of Rosalie

But the yellow rose of Texas

Beats the belles of Tennessee

I'm goin' back to see her

My heart is full of woe

We'll sing the songs together

We sang so long ago

We'll pick the banjo gaily

And sing the songs of yore

And the yellow rose of Texas

Will be mine forevermore

She's the sweetest rose of color

This cowboy ever knew

Her eyes are bright as diamonds

They sparkle like the dew

You may talk about your dearest maids

And sing of Rosalie

But the yellow rose of Texas

Beats the belles of Tennessee