| Author | Topic: Add: The Yellow Rose of Texas | |
| dmcg | Posted - 05 Feb 05 - 10:55 am | |
There's a yellow rose in Texas That I'm a-goin' to see, Nobody else can have her, Nobody only me. She cried so when I left her, It nearly broke my heart And if I ever find her Then we never more will part. (Chorus) She's the sweetest little rosebud That Texas ever knew. Here eyes are bright as diamonds, They sparkle like the dew. You talk about your Dinah And sing of Rosalie, The Yellow Rose of Texas Is the only girl for me. Where the Rio Grande is flowing Under starry skies so bright She walks along the river In the quiet summer night She thinks, as I remember, When we parted long ago And if I ever find her, I won't ever let her go. Oh, now I'm going to find her, And my heart is full of woe. We'll sing the songs together We sang so long ago. We'll play the banjo gaily And sing the songs of yore. And the Yellow Rose of Texas Will be mine for evermore. Source: Singing Together, Autumn 1984, BBC Publications Notes: As is usual by this point in the series, no information is given for the source of the song beyond 'America'. | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 05 Feb 05 - 11:00 am | |
Round about 1960, I remember the children in my area (Middlesbrough) singing this parody: ..... And The Man from Larame, Went down to Davy Crockett's To have a cup of tea. The tea was so delicious We had another cup And then we left poor Davy To do the washing up. A cursory glance at the index of Opie's The Singing Game didn't reveal this one, so I can't yet supply you with the first line - it may come to me. Edited By dmcg - 05-Feb-2005 11:09:37 AM | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 05 Feb 05 - 01:58 pm | |
According to James J. Fuld's The Book of World-Famous Music, 5th ed. (Dover, 2000, p. 661), this (at the Levy Collection) is the first edition. The identity of J.K. is unknown. Title: The Yellow Rose of Texas. Song & Chorus. Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Composed and Arranged Expressly for Charles H. Brown by J.K. J. K. Publication: New York: Firth, Pond, & Co., 547 Broadway, 1858. Form of Composition: strophic with chorus Instrumentation: piano and voice First Line: There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see, No other 'darkey knows her, no darkey only me First Line of Chorus: She's the sweetest rose of color this darkey ever knew Engraver, Lithographer, Artist: Quidor, Engvr. Plate Number: 4449 Subject: Courtship & love Subject: Pride Call No.: Box: 016 Item: 147 On the legend concerning the "original Texas Rose," see "In Search of the 'Yellow Rose of Texas'" by Mark Whitelaw. This article, which has now disappeared, can be accesible by using Internet Archive Wayback Machine. URL is: http://alamo-de-parras.welkin.org/archives/yellowrose/yelrose.html | ||
| diane easby | Posted - 05 Feb 05 - 02:34 pm | |
My earliest musical memory is of Deep In The Heart Of Texas when staying with my Aunt Hilda while awaiting my father's return from the RAF. She had a cat called Texas and it was customary to frighten the beast with the obligatory clapping which occurs in the song. However, no-one believes me as I was under a year old at the time. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 05 Feb 05 - 02:46 pm | |
Lyrics of the 1858 original: THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see, No other darkey knows her, no darkey only 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. CHORUS. She's the sweetest rose of color this darkey ever knew, Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew, You may talk about your Dearest May, and sing of Rosa Lee, But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee. Where 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 promis'd to come back again, and not to leave her so. (Chorus) She's the sweetest &c. Oh! now I'm going to find her, for my heart is full of woe, And we'll sing the song together, that we sung so long ago; We'll play the banjo gaily, and we'll sing the songs of yore, And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine for evermore. (Chorus) Edited By masato sakurai - 05-Feb-2005 02:56:00 PM | ||
| Mary in Kentucky | Posted - 23 Mar 05 - 03:39 am | |
Thanks for that Wayback link, Masato. The article confirms what I had heard about the origins of that song - and the meaning of yellow. I've often seen yellow roses given to Texas gals (myself included) - but normally yellow roses do not have a desirable connotation (jealousy or something). I like the arrangement of "Yellow Rose of Texas" on this page. The banjo just sounds right. | ||
| Snuffy | Posted - 08 May 05 - 03:09 pm | |
dmcg, we too sang a parody. I think all three songs had been top 10 hits fairly soon after each other. Our version went: Oh the Yellow Rose of Texas And The Man from Laramie, They went to Davy Crockett's To have a cup of tea. They said it was delicious And they had another cup And left poor Davy Crockett To do the washing up. | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 08 May 05 - 03:18 pm | |
all three songs had been top 10 hits fairly soon after each other I remember hearing Davy Crocket (King of the Wild Frontier) and the Yellow Rose of Texas on the radio, but I think Davy Crocket was also a television programme and I only remember Laramie as a television programme (now preserved for ever in "There are no lights on our Christmas Tree"!) | ||
| Snuffy | Posted - 09 May 05 - 02:28 pm | |
Jimmy Young had a no.1 hit with The Man From Laramie in 1955. This was some time before the TV series Laramie Davy Crockett was a massive hit as a film about the same time, and may have spawned a TV series which I don't remember (we couldn't get ITV till 1964!) | ||