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CAT-051
Traditional / public domain
Yellow Rose of Texas
A working songbook entry preserved from repertoire, set-list, or reference evidence.
Source research
Documented lineage
- Earliest evidence
- 1858 sheet music publication
- Aliases / index
- The Yellow Rose of Texas
- Working arrangement
- Key G · Capo 2
Lyrics + source text
Working song sheet
Yellow Rose of Texas
Nineteenth-century American song; composer often listed as unknown/J.K.
Rights: public-domain-us
{sounds_in: A}
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see,No other fellow knows her, no other only me;She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart,And if I ever find her we never more shall 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 Rosy Lee,But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.
Where the Rio Grande is flowing, and 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 return and not to leave her so.
Repeat chorus
Oh now I'm going to find her, for my heart is full of woe,We'll sing the song together that we sung so long ago;We'll play the banjo gaily, and we'll sing the songs of yore,And the Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine for evermore.
Repeat chorus
Archive note
lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist
Chords
G · C · D