Note:This is still another one I taped off the radio but
missed the first few seconds
Note:Stan Freberg`s voice is indicated by F and the chorus by C
F:Nobody else could miss her
Not half as much as me
She cried so when I - pardon me
That`s just a shade loud on the snare drum
C:She`s the sweetest little rosebud
That Texas ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
F:See now you covered up sparkle like the dew
One of the lovliest parts in the whole -
C:Texas is the only girl for me
INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE
F:He covered up the picallos there
Where the Rio Grand is - (snare drum drowns out)
Where the Rio (snare drum)
Where (snare drum)
W - (snare drum)
See my feeling is while I love a good snare drum, I feel that
volume wise it`s just a little too much what you`re doing there.
See? See, see what I mean? Now you try and hold it there.
I appreciate it.
Where the Rio Grand (I appreciate it)
Where the Rio Grand is flowing
And starry skies (that`s better)
She walks along the river
On the quiet (oh that`s so much better)
I know that she remembers
When we parted long ago
(You know that there`s just a world of difference, oh mercy)
C:She`s the sweetest little rosebud
That Texas ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
F:See you`re slipping back into your old habits again.
Why do you do that. Why do you -
C:Texas is the only girl for me!
F:I love a good snare drum but - hold it hold it hold it.
People people let`s go back there the snare drummer
covered up the tra-la-las. We just do it again, smart aleck.
C:Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
F:You see how lovely that turned out? Now that`s a darling part.
OK banjo...yug-dugga-dugga. That`s purty. That`s purty.
Oh now I`m gonna (that`s purty)
For my heart is full of woe
We`ll do the things together
We did so long ago
We`ll play the banjo gaily
She`ll love me like (banjo drowns out)
Excuse me, you ain`t any kin to the snare drummer, are you?
C:She`s the sweetest little rosebud
That Texas ever knew
F:Why do you do that? Why do you burst out like that? It irritates me.
That irritates me. That irritates me, that`s all.
But the yellow rose of Texas -
HOLD ON! HOLD ON! Hold on you smart aleck Yankee drummer you!
You can cover up rose, you can cover up yellow, Buddy,
but don`t you cover up TEXAS! Or I`ll stick your head through that
cotton-pickin snare drum and secede from the band so help me
Mitch Miller I will!
C:And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine forever more
F:Cut it off there. The record`s over, you idiot. Stop it,
stop it I say. Just stop it, stop it. I`m getting out of here
(Door slamming). He ruined the ending, one of the lovliest parts
in the whole (opens door, drummer still pounding away, slams door)
piece!