There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going 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 beats the belles of Tennessee
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 rose of color this soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds and they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Dearest May and sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee
Well now I'm headed southward and my heart is sinking low
I'm going back to Georgia, to find my Uncle Joe
You may talk about your Beauregard and speak of Bobby Lee
But the gallant Hood of Texas, he played hell in Tennessee
She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds and they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Dearest May and sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee
Oh now I'm going to find her for my heart is full of woe
We'll sing this song 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 forever more
She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds and they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Dearest May and sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee