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There's a Yellow Rose in Texas, I'm going there to see
No other feller knows her, nobody known to me
She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart
And if we ever meet again we never more shall 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 gal for me
When the Rio Grande was flowing, the stars were shining bright
She walked along the river on a quiet summer night
She said if you'll remember, we parted long ago
I promised to come back again and not to leave her so
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 gal for me
Now I'm going back to find her, my heart is full of woe
We'll sing the songs together, we sang so long ago
I'll play my bango gaily and sing the songs of yore
The Yellow Rose of Texas will be mine for evermore
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 gal for me
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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 your Beauregard and sing of General Lee
But the gallant Hood of Texas, played hell in Tennessee
She's the sweetest little flower 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 Rosalee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee