There’s a yellow rose in Texas, that I am going to see,
Nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her, we nevermore will part.

She’s the sweetest little rosebud,
That Texas ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
They sparkle like the dew,
You may talk about your Clementine
and sing of Rosalee,
But The Yellow Rose of Texas
is the only girl for me!

When the Rio Grande is flowing, and starry skies are bright,
She walks along the river in the quiet summer night:
I know that she remembers, when we parted long ago,
I promise to return again, and not to leave her so.

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Oh now I’m going to find her, for my heart is full of woe,
We’ll do the things together, we did so long ago
We’ll play the banjo gaily; she’ll love me like before,
And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore.

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