The Yellow Rose of Texas
There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I am gonna 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
She's the sweetest rose of colour
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee
Where 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
She's the sweetest rose of colour
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee
Oh my feet are torn and bloody
And my heart is full of woe
I'm going back to Georgia
To find my uncle Joe
You may talk about of Beauregard
And sang of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant Hood of Texas
He played hell in Tennessee
She's the sweetest rose of colour
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee
That I am gonna 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
She's the sweetest rose of colour
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee
Where 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
She's the sweetest rose of colour
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee
Oh my feet are torn and bloody
And my heart is full of woe
I'm going back to Georgia
To find my uncle Joe
You may talk about of Beauregard
And sang of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant Hood of Texas
He played hell in Tennessee
She's the sweetest rose of colour
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee
Credits
Writer(s): Traditional, Peter Tomashek
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