There's a yellow rose in Texas, I'm goin' there to see

No other fella knows her, nobody, only me

She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart

And if we ever meet again, we never more shall part

She's the sweetest rose of color a cowboy ever knew

Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew

You may talk about your dearest maids, and sing of Rosalee

But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee

Where the Rio Grande is flowin' and the stars are shinin' bright

We walked along the river on a quiet summer night

She said, "If you remember, we parted long ago

You promised to come back again and never let me go"

She's the sweetest rose of color a cowboy ever knew

Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew

You may talk about your dearest maids, and sing of Rosalee

But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee

I'm goin' back to find her, my heart is full of woe

We'll sing the songs together we sang so long ago

I'll pick the banjo gaily and sing the song of yore

And the yellow rose of Texas, she'll be mine forevermore

She's the sweetest rose of color a cowboy ever knew

Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew

You may talk about your dearest maids, and sing of Rosalee

But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee