{"id":1405,"date":"2019-02-21T20:12:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1405"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T12:18:49","slug":"yellow-rose-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/yellow-rose-of-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yellow Rose of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Disclaimer: this song contains derogatory racial terms. No hatred is intended. It is presented here in its original form as part of musical history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1858 minstrel song that was marched to in the Civil War<br>music by J. K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-Yellow-Rose-of-Texas.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The-Yellow-Rose-of-Texas - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c70348e9-9efa-4e31-a900-0d3701c96362\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-Yellow-Rose-of-Texas.pdf\">The-Yellow-Rose-of-Texas &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-Yellow-Rose-of-Texas.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c70348e9-9efa-4e31-a900-0d3701c96362\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4f925b05-7731-46a8-b927-0b391292d93a\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Yellow_Rose_Of_Texas_1858_s_JPP.mid\">The_Yellow_Rose_Of_Texas &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Yellow_Rose_Of_Texas_1858_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4f925b05-7731-46a8-b927-0b391292d93a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There\u2019s a yellow rose in Texas<br>That I am going to see<br>No other darkey knows her<br>No darkey only me<br>She cried so when I left her<br>It like to broke my heart<br>And if I ever find her<br>We never more will part<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>She\u2019s the sweetest rose of color<br>This darkey ever knew<br>Her eyes are bright as diamonds<br>They sparkle like the dew<br>You may talk about your dearest May<br>And sing of Rosa Lee<br>But the yellow rose of Texas<br>Beats the bells of Tennesse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>When the Rio Grande is flowing<br>And the starry skies are bright<br>She walks along the river<br>In the quiet summer night<br>She thinks if I remember<br>When we parted long ago<br>I promised to come back again<br>And not to leave her so<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oh! now I\u2019m going to find her<br>For my heart is full of woe<br>And we\u2019ll sing the song together<br>That we sung so long ago<br>We\u2019ll play the banjo gaily<br>And we\u2019ll sing the songs of yore<br>And the yellow rose of Texas<br>Shall be mine forevermore<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77V7FhV8Unw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Disclaimer: this song contains derogatory racial terms. No hatred is intended. It is presented here in its original form as part of musical history.] a 1858 minstrel song that was marched to in the Civil Warmusic by J. K. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusShe\u2019s the sweetest rose of colorThis darkey ever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/yellow-rose-of-texas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Yellow Rose of Texas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-mF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4304,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1405\/revisions\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}