YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

Original version

There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I am going to see
No other darky knows her
No one only me
She cried so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever more find her
We nevermore will part

She's the sweetest rose of color
This darky ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee

Where 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
Oh now I am agoing to find her
For my heart is full of woe
And we will sing the song together
We sung so long ago
We will play the banjo gaily
And will sing the song of yore
And the yellow rose of Texas
Shall be mine forevermore

(Wise, Starr) by Mitch Rider (Columbia 40540), 1955. Performed twice during The River tour: on 08 Nov 1980 at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, and on the next night, 09 Nov 1980, at the F. Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. This is the original version. Check also Bruce version.