The Yellow Rose of Texas
Recorded by Michael Martin Murphey 
written by Don George

There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see
   No other cowboy knows her nobody only me
    She cried so when I left her it like to broke her heart
                                       And if we ever meet again we never more shall part.

She's the sweetest rose of color this cowboy ever knew  
    Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
        You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Rosalie
                                                But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee.

Where the Rio Grande is flowing and stars are shinning bright
   We walked along together on a quiet summer night
    She said if you remember when we parted long ago
                                            You promised [bad word] back again and never leave me so.

Repeat #2

 
I'm going back to see her my heart is full of woe
      We'll sing the song together we sang so long ago
      We'll pick the banjo gaily and sing the songs of yore
                                            And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine for ever more.

Repeat #2