The Yellow Rose Of Texas

(album: Cowboy Songs - 1990)

There's a yellow rose of 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 never more 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

Oh, my heart is feeling weary
And my head is hanging low
I'm going back to Georgy
To find my Uncle Joe
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant Hood of Texas
He raised Hell in Tennessee