There’s a yellow rose in Texas, That I am going to see,
Nobody else could miss him, Not half as much as me.
He cried so when I left him It like to broke my heart,
And if I ever find him, We nevermore will part.

He’s the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew,
His 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 boy for me.

When the Rio Grande is flowing, The starry skies are bright,
He walks along the river In the quiet summer night:
I know that he remembers, When we parted long ago,
I promise to return again, And not to leave him so.

he’s the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew,
His 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 boy for me.

Oh now I’m going to find him, 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.

he’s the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew,
His 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 boy for me.