One Yellow Rose - Greg Englert

There's a yellow rose in Texas That I am gonna 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 She's the sweetest rose of colour This soldier 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 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 She's the sweetest rose of colour This soldier 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 Oh my feet are torn and bloody And my heart is full of woe I'm going back to Georgia To find my uncle Joe You may talk about of Beauregard And sang of Bobby Lee But the Gallant Hood of Texas He played hell in Tennessee She's the sweetest rose of colour This soldier 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