The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas - Michael Martin Murphey

There's a yellow rose in texas that I am going to 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 nevermore will 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 beats the belles of tennessee

When the rio grande is flowing the starry skies are bright

We walks along the river in the quiet summer night

She said if you remembers when we parted long ago

I promise to return 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 beats the belles of tennessee

I'm going to find her for my heart is full of woe

And we'll sing the songs together that we sung so long ago

We'll play the bango gaily and we'll sing the songs of yore

And the yellow rose of texas shall be mine forevermore

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 beats the belles of tennessee