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This is the story of a Yellow Bandana
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A handsome young soldier and a girl named Roseanna
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Away out west in the wilds of New Mexico
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There lived a girl and a soldier who loved her so
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And every night beneath the full crimson moon above
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This brave young soldier would pledge her his love
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And he gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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To wear in her hair till he's with her once more
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He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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Mounted his pony and rode off to war
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His orders came and he had to ride west again
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Seems that Apaches were causing unrest again
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He kissed Roseanna goodbye as he rode away
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Promising this time he'd come back to stay
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And he gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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To wear in her hair till he's with her once more
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He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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Mounted his pony and rode off to war
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The war was over and he came back home and found
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That the Apaches had burned the whole village down
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And beneath the tree where he last kissed Roseanna
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Draped on a cross was his Yellow Bandana
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And he gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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To wear in her hair till he's with her once more
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He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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Mounted his pony and rode off to war
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He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
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To wear in her hair till he's with her once more
