That I am going to see,

　　Nobody else could miss her,

　　Just 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 never more will part.

　　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 Rosa Lee,

　　But the Yellow Rose of Texas

　　Is the only gal for me.

　　When 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.

　　O, now I'm going to find her,

　　For my heart is full of woe,

　　And we'll sing the songs together,

　　That we sung long ago;

　　We'll play the banjo gaily,

　　And we'll sing the songs of yore,

　　And the Yellow Rose of Texas

　　Will be mine forevermore.

（以下、南北戦争後に書き加えられた歌詞）

　　Now I'm headed southward

　　And my heart is full of woe.

　　I'm going back to Georgia

　　To see my Uncle Joe.

　　You may boast about your Beauregard

　　And sing of Bobby Lee

　　But the gallent Hood of Texas

　　Played hell in Tennessee!