There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I'm goin' to see
No other soldier knows her
No soldier only 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 rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Is the only one 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 sang 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 forevermore

Now I'm going southward
For my heart is full of woe
I'm going back to Georgia
To find my Uncle Joe
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of General Lee
But the gallant Hood of Texas
Played [bad word] in Tennessee