Yellow Rose of Texas

Notation: traditional
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush  
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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 never more will part.
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    She's the sweetest rose of color
        this soldier ever knew,
    Her eyes are bright like diamonds,
        they sparkle like the dew
    You may talk about your dearest May
        and sing of Rosa Lee,
    But the Yellow Rose of Texas
        is the only girl for me.
When 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.
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Oh, now I'm going to find her,
    for my heart is full of woe
And we'll sing the 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 forevermore.
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