The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)

"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
1858 sheet music cover
Song
Published1858 by Firth, Pond & Company
GenreAmerican folk song/Western music
"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" performed by the United States Coast Guard Band
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"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a traditional American song dating back to at least the 1850s. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[1] Many versions of the song have been recorded, the most popular of which was by Mitch Miller, whose version reached No. 1 in the United States in 1955. Its popularity made it an unofficial state song of Texas (the actual state song is "Texas, Our Texas").[2]

  1. ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
  2. ^ State Songs of the United States: An Annotated Anthology. Psychology Press. 1997. pp. 65–66. ISBN 9780789003973.