[Instrumental]
There's a yellow rose in Texas,
I'm going there to see
No other fella knows her,
nobody else but 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 fellow ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest maids
and sing of Rosalee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
beats the belles of Tennessee
[Instrumental]
Where the Rio Grande is flowing
and the stars are shining bright
We walked along the river
on a quiet summer night
She said if you remember,
we parted long ago
I promised to come back again,
and not to leave her so
She's the sweetest rose of color
this fellow ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest maids
and sing of Rosalee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
beats the belles of Tennessee
[Instrumental]
Oh I'm going back to find her,
for my heart is full of woe
We'll sing the songs together
we sang so long ago
I'll pick the banjo gaily
and sing the songs of yore
And the Yellow Rose of Texas
shall be mine forevermore
She's the sweetest rose of color
this fellow ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest maids
and sing of Rosalee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
beats the belles of Tennessee.