Greetings:

I have actually collected over $75 in licensing fees for this song. I guess that makes me a professional songwriter!

MOSES ROSE OF TEXAS
Words: Stephen L. Suffet © 1995
Music: The Yellow Rose of Texas (traditional)

Note: Moses Rose was an immigrant from France who found himself at the Alamo. He was the one person who refused to cross Col. William B. Travis's "line in the sand" and he successfully escaped from the fortified mission on the night before the fateful final battle.

He's Moses Rose of Texas,
And today nobody knows,
He's the one who left the Alamo,
The night before the foe,
Came storming up across the walls,
And killed the men inside,
But Moses Rose of Texas,
Is the one who never died.

When gallant Colonel Travis,
Drew a line down in the sand,
Everyone stepped over,
But one solitary man.
They called him Rose the Coward,
And they called him Yellow Rose,
But it takes bravery to stand alone,
As God Almighty knows.

He said, "I'm not a coward,
I just think it isn't right,
For me to throw my life away,
In someone else's fight.
I have no quarrel with Mexicans,
Nor with the Texans, too."
So Moses Rose of Texas,
He bade the men adieu.

Whenever you are up against,
Pressure from your peers,
Or a challenge to your manhood,
Or frightened by the jeers,
Remember that discretion,
Is valor's better part,
And let the life of Moses Rose,
Put courage in your heart.

So shed a tear for Travis,
And Davy Crockett, too,
And cry for old Jim Bowie,
They saw the battle through.
But when you're finished weeping,
And you're finished with your wail,
Then give a grin for Moses Rose,
Who lived to tell the tale!


Enjoy!

--- Steve