Hurricane Harvey

[fl57caveman]

God Bless Texas!
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[wildrider666]

Thats the Confederate "version" of the Song which changed the racial identifying lyrics as did several other versions all the way into the 1960's. The origional song from a black man and to his Mulloto love that he leaves to fight in the Tex/Mex War 1846-48. Once you know the origional it's hard not to laff about the Confederates using it. I don't think Johnny Reb paid royalities either. Lol

Earliest known version, from Christy's Plantation Melodies. No. 2:

There's a yellow girl in Texas
That I'm going down to see
No other darkies know her
No darkey, only me
She cried so when I left her
That it*like to*broke my heart,
And if I only find her
we never more will part

Chorus:

She's the sweetest girl of colour
That this darkey ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
And sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your Dearest Mae
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee

Where the Rio Grande is flowing
And the starry skies are bright
Oh, she walks along the river
In the quiet summer night
And she thinks if I remember
When we parted long ago
I promised to come back again
And not to leave her so

[Repeat chorus]

Oh, I'm going now to find her
For my heart is full of woe
And we'll sing the songs together
That we sang so long ago
We'll play the banjo gaily
And we'll sing our sorrows o'er
And the yellow Rose of Texas
shall be mine forever more

[Chorus]

 

[Droshki]

The disaster in Crosby is purely man-made.

 

[Droshki]

J.J. Watt's fundraiser for Houston passes $15M in donations