The Yellow Rose of Texas

My take on an old Confederate marching song. Banjo tuned to Open G (gDGBD). There's a yellow rose in Texas That I am goin' to see Nobody else could miss her Not half as much as me She cried so when I left her It nearly broke my heart And if I ever find her We'll never walk apart She's the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds They sparkle like the dew You can talk about your Clementine And sing of Rosalee But the Yellow Rose of Texas Is the only girl for me Where the Rio Grande is flowing And the stars are shining bright She walks along the river In the quiet summer night I know that she remembers When we parted long ago I promised to return again And not to leave her so She's the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds They sparkle like the dew You can talk about your Clementine And sing of Rosalee But the Yellow Rose of Texas Is the only girl for me Now I'm going home to find her My heart is full of woe We'll sing the songs together That we sang so long ago I'll play my banjo gayly She'll love me like before And the Yellow Rose of Texas Will be mine forevermore She's the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew Her eyes are bright as diamonds They sparkle like the dew You can talk about your Clementine And sing of Rosalee But the Yellow Rose of Texas Is the only girl for me She's the diamond of the desert The golden flower of spring Oh, the Yellow Rose of Texas She can make a man a king