The Yellow Rose of Texas

"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a traditional folk song of the Southern United States, which became popular in 1955 in a recording by Mitch Miller. The author is unknown; the publisher only gives the author's initials as J. K.

Related Topics:
United States - 1955 - Mitch Miller

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The original lyrics make it clear that the "yellow rose" is a biracial girl, but the lyrics were modified in the popular version of the 1950s to deemphasize that identification.

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:There's a yellow rose of Texas I'm goin' for to see,

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:No other soldier knows her, nobody only me.

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

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:And if I ever find her, we never-more will part.

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:Where the Rio Grande is flowing and starry skies are bright,

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:She walks along the river in the quiet summer night.

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:She thinks if I remember we parted long ago;

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:I promised to come back again and never let her go.

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:Oh, now I'm goin' to find her, my heart is full of woe;

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:We'll sing the song together we sang so long ago.

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:We'll play the banjo gaily and sing the songs of yore,

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:And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine for-ever-more.

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:She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew.

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:Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew.

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:You may talk about your winsome maids and sing of Rosalie,

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:But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee.

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