The Yellow Rose of Texas by Edwin Pearce Christy Lyrics
There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I am going to see
No other soldier knows here
No soldier only me
She cryed so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her
We nevermore will part
She’s the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamond
They sparkle like the dew !
You may talk about your Dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
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 soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamond
They sparkle like the dew !
You may talk about your Dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee !
Oh my feet are torn and bloody
And my heart is full of woe
I'm going back to Georgie
To find my Uncle Joe
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant hood of Texas
He played hell in Tennessee !
She’s the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamond
They sparkle like the dew !
You may talk about your Dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee !
That I am going to see
No other soldier knows here
No soldier only me
She cryed so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her
We nevermore will part
She’s the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamond
They sparkle like the dew !
You may talk about your Dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
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 soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamond
They sparkle like the dew !
You may talk about your Dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee !
Oh my feet are torn and bloody
And my heart is full of woe
I'm going back to Georgie
To find my Uncle Joe
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant hood of Texas
He played hell in Tennessee !
She’s the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamond
They sparkle like the dew !
You may talk about your Dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee !