The Yellow Rose of Texas (1955) (video) (midi)

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1. There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see,

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nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me.

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

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and if I ever find her, we never more will part.

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She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew,

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her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew.

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You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee,

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but the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.

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3. Where the Rio Grande is flowin', and starry skies are bright,

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she walks along the river in the quiet summer night.

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I know that she remembers when we parted long ago,

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I promised to return and not to leave her so.

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4. Oh, now I'm gonna find her, for my heart is full of woe,

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we'll do the things together we did so long ago.

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We'll play the banjo gaily, she'll love me like before,

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and the Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore.

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She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew,

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her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew.

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You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee,

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but the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me.

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(Mitch Miller)