# Yellow Rose of Texas

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Nineteenth-century American song; composer often listed as unknown/J.K.

## Earliest Located Evidence

1858 sheet music publication

## Context

Nineteenth-century publication supports public-domain status; some historic lyrics contain offensive language and should be modernized only as a clearly marked Scrips choice.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200000009/
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/yellow-rose-of-texas.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Yellow Rose of Texas.chopro
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: G
- Capo: 2
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: The Yellow Rose of Texas
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- Preserved the supplied words and separated run-together lines. Identify the band’s precise modernized text and confirm G shapes/capo 2, 4/4, 110 BPM and tuning.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Lyrics and chord cues supplied; version and band approval needed. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.