There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see No other cowboy knows her nobody only me She cried so when I left her it like to broke her heart And if we ever meet again we never more shall part She's the sweetest rose of color this cowboy ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Rosalie But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee Where the Rio Grande is flowing and stars are shinning bright We walked along together on a quiet summer night She said if you remember when we parted long ago You promised to come back again and never leave me so She's the sweetest rose of color this cowboy ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Rosalie But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee I'm going back to see her my heart is full of woe We'll sing the song together we sang so long ago We'll pick the banjo gaily and sing the songs of yore And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine for ever more