There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I am gonna see.
Nobody else could miss her
Not half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her
T'was like it broke her heart.
And if I ever find her
We never more will part.
She's the sweetest little rose bud
That Texas ever knew.
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
They sparkle like the dew.
You may talk about your Clementine
And sing of Rosa Lee,
But the yellow rose of Texas
Is the only girl for me.

Where the Rio Grande is flowing
And the 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 come back again,
And not to leave her so.
She's the sweetest little rose bud...