there s a yellow rose of texas i m goin there to see no other feller knows her nobody only me she cried so when i left her it like to broke my heart and if we ever meet again we never more will part she s the sweetest rose of color a cowboy 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 where the rio grande is flowin and the stars are shinin bright we walked along the river on a bright summer night she said if you remember we parted long ago you promised to come back again and never let me go she s the sweetest rose of color a cowboy 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 instrumental i m goin back to find her my heart is full of woe we ll sing the songs together we sang so long ago i ll fix the banjo gayly and sing of long ago and the yellow rose of texas is to be mine forevermore she s the sweetest rose of color a cowboy 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