Yellow Rose of Texas

There's a yellow rose in Texas,
That I'm going to see,
No other darkie knows her,
No darkie only me,
She cried so when I left her,
It liked to broke my heart,
And if I ever find her,
We will never more apart!

She's the sweetest rose of color,
This darkie ever knew,
Her eyes are bright as diamond,
They sparkle like the dew,
Can we talk about your dearest may,
and sing of Rosalee,
But the Yellow Rose of Texas,
Beats the belles of Tennessee!

Where the Rio Grande is flowing,
And the starry skies are bright,
She walks along the river,
In the quiet summer night,
She thinks if I remember,
When we parted long ago,
I promised to come back again,
And not to leave her so!

She's the sweetest rose of color,
This darkie ever knew,
Her eyes are bright as diamond,
They sparkle like the dew,
Can we talk about your dearest may,
and sing of Rosalee,
But the Yellow Rose of Texas,
Beats the belles of Tennessee!

Oh now I'm going to find her,
For my heart is full of woe,
We'll sing the song together,
That we sang so long ago,
We'll play the banjo gally,
And we'll sing the song of yours,
And the Yellow Rose of Texas,
Shall be mine forever more!

She's the sweetest rose of color,
This darkie ever knew,
Her eyes are bright as diamond,
They sparkle like the dew,
Can we talk about your dearest may,
and sing of Rosalee,
But the Yellow Rose of Texas,
Beats the belles of Tennessee!