The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Mitch Miller and the Gang
-the # 17 song of the 1955-1959 rock era
-was # 1 for 6 weeks in 1955
-traditional folk song adapted by Don George
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see
Nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me
She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her we never more will part
CHORUS
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 Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.
Where the *Rio* Grande is flowin', and starry skies are bright
She walks along the river in the quiet summer night
I know that she remembers when we parted long ago
I promised to return and not to leave her so
CHORUS
Oh, now I'm gonna find her, for my heart is full of woe
We'll do the things together we did so long ago
We'll play the banjo gaily, she'll love me like before
And the Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore
CHORUS
*Rio* is pronounced "RYE-oh"
source: Robin Hood
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The Yellow Rose of Texas is not a flower, but a person.
History records her as being a servant named Emily D. West,
who was indentured to a man named Colonel James Morgan,
who fought in the war for the independence of Texas from Mexico.
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1: G
There's a yellow rose of Texas I'm goin' for to see,
D7
No other soldier knows her, nobody only me.
G
She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart,
D7 G D7 G
And if I ever find her, we never-more will part. CHORUS
2: G
Where the Rio Grande is flowing and starry skies are bright,
D7
She walks along the river in the quiet summer night.
G
She thinks if I remember we parted long ago;
D7 G D7 G
I promised to come back again and never let her go. CHORUS
3: G
Oh, now I'm goin' to find her, my heart is full of woe;
D7
We'll sing the song together we sang so long ago.
G
We'll play the banjo gaily and sing the songs of yore,
D7 G D7 G
And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine for-ever-more. CHORUS
CHORUS---
G
She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew.
D7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew.
G
You may talk about your winsome maids and sing of Rosalie,
D7 G D7 G
But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee.
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The tune was first published in 1853 by an author identified only as "J.K.".
It was a popular Confederate marching song during the Civil War
and with the U.S. Cavalry on western outposts and along the cattle
trails following the Civil War.
In 1955 the tune was a hit record....well, that's true!-
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