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Thread #53607   Message #4233793
Posted By: Steve Gardham
04-Jan-26 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Yellow Rose of Texas
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yellow Rose of Texas
I have a vague recollection of a 'Man from Laramie' version that was quite bawdy but can't remember all of it, from the 50s in Yorkshire if I remember aright.

The yellow rose of Texas, the man from Laramie,
He took her to a valley and tied her to a tree,. . . (No Davy Crockett).

Ed Cray published a highly obscene version from the Korean War, in his Erotic Muse.