The Yellow Rose Of Texas

There's a yellow rose in Texas that I'm gonna see

Nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me

She cried, so when I left her it'd like to broke my heart

And if I'd ever find her, we never more 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, Clementine, and sing of Rosalee

But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me

Where the Rio Grande is flowing and the skies are bright

She walks along the river in the quiet summer night

I know that she remembers when we parted long ago

I promised that I'll return and not to leave her so

She's the sweetest little rosebud

Now I'm going back to find her, for my heart is full of vow

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 for ever more

She's the sweetest little rosebud