The Yellow Rose of Texas is not a flower, we all knew that didn't we, but A person. History records her as being a servant named Emily D. West, who Was indentured to a man named Colonel James Morgan, who fought in the war For the independence of Texas from Mexico.
"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
1: G There's a yellow rose of Texas I'm goin' for to see, D7 No other soldier knows her, nobody only me. G She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart, D7 G D7 G And if I ever find her, we never-more will part. CHORUS
2: G Where the Rio Grande is flowing and starry skies are bright, D7 She walks along the river in the quiet summer night. G She thinks if I remember we parted long ago; D7 G D7 G I promised to come back again and never let her go. CHORUS
3: G Oh, now I'm goin' to find her, my heart is full of woe; D7