A FRIEND ~ WHO ARRANGES FLOWERS ~ SENT US THIS IKABANA
ARRANGEMENT OF YELLOW ROSES AND IT SPAWNED THE POEM ~ AMEN !
WE APOLOGISE FR POSTING IN ORANGE ~ BUT YELLOW IS NOT VISIBLE !
T HE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS ~ A GREAT SONG !
H ave you ever been to TEXAS ? A State
E veryone should visit ~ Full of Life !
R OSES are very symbolic Flowers
O UR ROSE of Lancashire ~ RED ~ Yorkshire
S hining WHITE ! Wars between the Counties ~ Were
E ntitled as *The War of the Roses*
O RIGIN of the Song is of interest
F ocuses on TEXAS - MEXICAN WAR (see comment below)
T EXAS is a Very Large State and its .......
E XTENT is three times larger than UK
X PECT everything BIGGER in TEXAS !
A T-Bone Steak ~ could feed FOUR ~ A TEXAN
S TETSON is bigger than an UMBRELLA !
Thnaks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love Angela & Brian ๐๐๐
The YELLOW ROSE is not the STATE FLOWER of TEXAS (Blue Hibiscus)
The YELLOW ROSE of TEXAS (in song) was a MULATTO Afro-American
named EMILY WEST. She was from New York but she worked on the
Plantation of Colonel James Morgan in TEXAS ! When the Mexican Santa
Anna & His Troops arrived He claimed WEST to take the place of His
*Stay at home Wife* this was to sap his strength and be His downfall !
SANTA ANNA was captured (in the Battle of San Jacinto) by SAM
HOUSTON. Emily Wests Afro-American Lover composed *The Yellow
Rose of Texas* in Her honour ~ while He was separated from Her.
It is a very Popular Folk Song and a book has been written about
Emily West. The song has been recorded by many Singers including
BING CROSBY & ELVIS PRESLEY ! I trawled YOU TUBE and consider
VIDEO by the Late Great ROY ROGERS the BEST ~ ENJOY ~ AMEN !