****The Yellow Rose of Texas*****

Note: the lyrics below refer to the modern version of the song written in 1955 by 
Mitch Miller.  The original version was somewhat different; it contained some non-PC
lines such as "There's a yellow rose in Texas, that I am going to see / No other 
darky [sic] knows her, no darky only me / She cryed [sic] so when I left her it like 
to broke my heart / And if I ever find her, we nevermore will part."  The original 
version also referenced the end of the Civil War and the retreat of the Confederate 
army from Texas in 1864, among other things.

Okay, so, the modern lyrics . . . 



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 
Is the only girl for me. 

When the Rio Grande is flowing, 
The 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 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 
Is the only girl for me. 

Oh now 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 
Is the only girl for me.