THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

Ranked as one of the top 100 western songs ever written, this successful minstrel song, dating to the early 1850's, first appeared in 1853 Philadelphia, in a collection of minstrel songs titled, "Christy's Plantation Melodies No. 2", but without musical notation or naming the writer. Later, in 1858, it was published by Firth, Pond & Co., of New York city, this time with revised lyrics, a piano score, and crediting a certain "J.K." as the writer. As a minstrel love song, the singer, an African-American young man, tells of his desire to return to find his lady love in Texas, his 'yellow rose'.

During the War Between the States, the song gained widespread popularity with Southern troops. It was the favorite marching song of General John Bell Hood’s Texas Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. In 1864, General Hood was promoted to command the Army of Tennessee. After the disastrous battles of Franklin and Nashville, remnants of Hood’s Army limped back to Georgia and to their former commander General “Uncle Joe” Johnston. During this march the soldiers added a verse to the song summing up their recent campaign ordeals.

[DRAGNET-pnvf]

MUCH RESPECT AND SUPPORT TO TEXAS FROM NORTH CAROLINA!!!!🙏🇺🇲❤️🎉👍

[sgtmajtrapp]

God bless Texas and the Republic of Texas as well. Americans stand with you.

[bottlerocket]

What a wonderful way to start the Christmas season!

[adrianlee]

Beautiful recreation and perfectly staged. Excellent musicianship.

[ThymariVanRaalte]

God bless the South and the 2nd South Carolina String Band!

[collinmc]

Love from Eastern WA. My dad was born in Houston. 1960. Grandma was from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana . A Serbian family that immigrated to New Orleans in the 1800s. Moms side is Dutch from New Amsterdam in the late 1600s. A family of Yanks and rebels haha. Proud of both sides of my heritage. One supported the colonies the other the Rebels. separated by many years of course.

[yapheh_nepal]

Love your music and melodies you put in your songs!!!
Love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵

[maul]

Gents. Haven’t heard this rendition before. FABULOUS! Regards from the UK. Bob

[marcusbrutus]

Watchin' from Romania!Awesome song and beautifully played

[marekg]

Listning to these songs is like touching his life live

[yapheh_nepal]

There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see
Nobody else could miss her not half as much as me
She cried so when I left her it was like it broke her heart
And if I ever find her we never more will part
She's the sweetest little rose bud that Texas ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me
Where the Rio Grand is flowing and the starry skies are bright
She walks along the river in the quiet summer night
I know that she remembers when we parted long ago
I promise to return and not to leave her so
She's the sweetest little rose bud that Texas ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me
Now I'm gonna find her for my heart is full of woe
We'll do the things together we did so long ago
We'll play the banjo gaily she'll loves me like before
And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine forever more
She's the sweetest little rose bud that Texas ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me

[mistenblankinchip]

I love this string band, I wish I could meet y’all in person! This is a beautiful song and a beautiful performance.

[beadahm]

Excellent!👍, comme je voudrais être autour de ce feu à écouter votre wonderful music!❤ a friend from 🇫🇷

[lewiemcneely]

Thnks, Lads. Yall still have a special place in our hearts and prayers. God Bless and Texas is here too!

[AmadisdeGaula.]

Una de mis canciones favoritas.

¡Viva el Sur!

Saludos desde España

☺️😊😃

[screamineagle]

My uncle was a Iowa farmer. At his funeral they played it cause that was his favorite!

[WadeWeigle]

Not a Texan, but an old Virginian. Still, gotta love this song. Only folks I imagine would take offense would be the good folks of Tennessee, haha! God bless em all!

[aesirgaming]

This is such a great rendition of a legendary song.

[mikemcmanus]

One of the great ones. Wished I had a dollar for every time we played it. I use to live in Huntsville, TX and our house was across from the Sam Houston museum and was part of Sam's homestead. I understand this song was a favorite marching song during the War with Mexico, but that was from 1846-1848.

[JOSEPHMATTHEWHOLLAND]

Stay strong Confederates from Western Kentucky 🤘