"Yellow Rose of Texas, The"
Traditional American folk song, first published in 1853.[1]
Originally a minstrel song, written in the first person with a combined dialect of negro slave vernacular and American English. The lyrics are from a slave's perspective, longing to return to a "yellow girl," a negro term for a mulato woman.[1]
Stampede: On their way to Deadwood[2] in April of 1877,[3] Madame Pompey and her girls entertain themselves and other passengers of the Dakota Queen on the Missouri River.[2]
SOURCE REFERENCES (September 2007)
01. Yellow Rose of Texas; Texas State Historical Society (retrieved August 2, 2015)
02. Maverick, Stampede (1957), Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
03. The Conjectural Maverick, Maverick Trails
Madame Pompey's girls perform "The Yellow Rose of Texas," 1877.[2]
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