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Thread #53607   Message #1926021
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Jan-07 - 07:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Yellow Rose of Texas
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yellow Rose of Texas
Thanks, Old Hippie, but no. I would like to know where the stanza originated. It may be more recent than Civil War era. (Most versions I have seen use Lee's nickname 'Bobby Lee.'
The song does not appear in Allan's "Lone Star Ballads" (1874) except as a tune for "Song of the Texas Rangers" (about the Eighth Texas Cavalry or 'Terry's Texas Rangers,' not the law enforcement Rangers).