There's a yellow rose in Texas that I'm going to see Nobody else could miss it, not half as much as 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 little rosebud that Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your clementine and sing of Rosalie But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me Where the Rio Grande is flowing and starry skies are bright She walks along the river in the quiet summer night I know that she remembers when we parted long ago I promised to return and not to leave her so She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your clementine and sing of Rosalie But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me Oh, now I'm going to find her, for my heart is full of woe We'll do the things together we did so long ago We'll play the banjo daily and she'll love me like before And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew You may talk about your clementine and sing of Rosalie But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me