Yellow Rose of Texas (OT2003-3012-005)
Dublin Core
Title
Yellow Rose of Texas (OT2003-3012-005)
Description
Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3012, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.
Creator
Source
Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date Created
1964-07-15
Contributor
Is Part Of
Language
en
Type
Identifier
VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3012-005
Rights Holder
Vermont Folklife Center
Song Item Type Metadata
Local Title
Yellow Rose of Texas
Standard Title
Yellow Rose of Texas (Song)
Standard Title Reference
Folk Music Index (http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex)
Transcription
[Singing begins at 0:20)
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see
No other darky knows her no darky 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
She's the brightest rose of summer this darky 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 beat the belle of Tennessee
When the Rio Grande is flowing, the starry skies are bright
She walks along the river in the quite summer night
She thinks if I remember, when we parted long ago
I promised to come back again, and not to leave me so
Oh now I'm going to find her, my heart is full of woe
We'll sing the songs together we sang so long ago
We'll play the bango gaily and sing the songs of yore
The Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore
And now I've got the yellow rose I've set her down for life
[unintelligible] and she became my wife
[unintelligible, Atwood suggests the final verses may have been invented by his father, James Atwood]
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see
No other darky knows her no darky 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
She's the brightest rose of summer this darky 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 beat the belle of Tennessee
When the Rio Grande is flowing, the starry skies are bright
She walks along the river in the quite summer night
She thinks if I remember, when we parted long ago
I promised to come back again, and not to leave me so
Oh now I'm going to find her, my heart is full of woe
We'll sing the songs together we sang so long ago
We'll play the bango gaily and sing the songs of yore
The Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine forevermore
And now I've got the yellow rose I've set her down for life
[unintelligible] and she became my wife
[unintelligible, Atwood suggests the final verses may have been invented by his father, James Atwood]
Location
Duration
2:09
Files
Collection
Citation
Atwood, Fred, “Yellow Rose of Texas (OT2003-3012-005),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed April 5, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/1124.
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