From the 1995 Mitch Miller rendition, the song now reads:

There's a yellow rose in Texas, That I am going to see,
Nobody else could miss her, Not half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her it like to broke my heart,
And if I ever find her, We nevermore will part.

(Chorus)

She's the sweetest little rosebud That Texas cver knew,
Her eyesare bright as diamonds, They sparkle like the dew;
You the YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS is the only girl for me.

When Rio Grande is flowing, 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 again, And not to leave her so. (chorus)

Oh now I'm going to find her, For my heart is full of woe,
And we'll sing the songs together, that we sung so long ago
We'll play the bango gaily, And we'll sing the songs of yore,
And the Yellow Rose of Texas Shall be mine forevermore. *(Chorus)

brings tears to my eyes
(or was it the onions in the burger I had tonight?)

lilly langtry