The Capitol Singles Collection movie - Yellow Rose of Texas lyrics
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YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS<br>
Stan Freberg<br>
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Note:Stan Freberg's voice is indicated by F and the chorus by C<br>
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F:Nobody else could miss her<br>
Not half as much as me<br>
She cried so when I - pardon me<br>
That's just a shade loud on the snare drum<br>
C:She's the sweetest little rosebud<br>
That Texas ever knew<br>
Her eyes are bright as diamonds<br>
They sparkle like the dew<br>
F:See now you covered up sparkle like the dew<br>
One of the lovliest parts in the whole -<br>
C:Texas is the only girl for me<br>
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INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE<br>
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F:He covered up the picallos there<br>
Where the Rio Grand is - (snare drum drowns out)<br>
Where the Rio (snare drum)<br>
Where (snare drum)<br>
W - (snare drum)<br>
See my feeling is while I love a good snare drum, I feel that<br>
volume wise it's just a little too much what you're doing there.<br>
See? See, see what I mean? Now you try and hold it there.<br>
I appreciate it.<br>
Where the Rio Grand (I appreciate it)<br>
Where the Rio Grand is flowing<br>
And starry skies (that's better)<br>
She walks along the river<br>
On the quiet (oh that's so much better)<br>
I know that she remembers<br>
When we parted long ago<br>
(You know that there's just a world of difference, oh mercy)<br>
C:She's the sweetest little rosebud<br>
That Texas ever knew<br>
Her eyes are bright as diamonds<br>
They sparkle like the dew<br>
F:See you're slipping back into your old habits again.<br>
Why do you do that. Why do you -<br>
C:Texas is the only girl for me!<br>
F:I love a good snare drum but - hold it hold it hold it.<br>
People people let's go back there the snare drummer<br>
covered up the tra-la-las. We just do it again, smart aleck.<br>
C:Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br>
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br>
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br>
F:You see how lovely that turned out? Now that's a darling part.<br>
OK banjo...yug-dugga-dugga. That's purty. That's purty.<br>
Oh now I'm gonna (that's purty)<br>
For my heart is full of woe<br>
We'll do the things together<br>
We did so long ago<br>
We'll play the banjo gaily<br>
She'll love me like (banjo drowns out)<br>
Excuse me, you ain't any kin to the snare drummer, are you?<br>
C:She's the sweetest little rosebud<br>
That Texas ever knew<br>
F:Why do you do that? Why do you burst out like that? It irritates me.<br>
That irritates me. That irritates me, that's all.<br>
But the yellow rose of Texas -<br>
HOLD ON! HOLD ON! Hold on you smart aleck Yankee drummer you!<br>
You can cover up rose, you can cover up yellow, Buddy,<br>
but don't you cover up TEXAS! Or I'll stick your head through that<br>
cotton-pickin snare drum and secede from the band so help me<br>
Mitch Miller I will!<br>
C:And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine forever more<br>
F:Cut it off there. The record's over, you idiot. Stop it,<br>
stop it I say. Just stop it, stop it. I'm getting out of here<br>
(Door slamming). He ruined the ending, one of the lovliest parts<br>
in the whole (opens door, drummer still pounding away, slams door)<br>
piece!<br>
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