This is the story of a yellow bandanaA handsome young soldierAnd a girl named RosannaAll way out west in the wilds of New MexicoThere lived a girl and a soldier who loved her soAnd every night, beneath the full crimson moon aboveThis brave young soldier would pledge her his loveAnd he gave Rosanna his yellow bandanaTo wear in her hair till he's with her once moreHe gave Rosanna his yellow bandanaOut in his pony and rode off to warHis orders came and he had to ride west againSeems that Apaches were causing unrest againHe kissed Rosanna goodbye as he rode awayPromising this time he'd come back to stayAnd he gave Rosanna his yellow bananaTo wear in her hair till he's with her once moreHe gave Rosanna his yellow bananaBought in his pony and rode off to warThe war was over and he came back home and foundThat the Apaches had burned the whole village downAnd neeked the tree where he last kissed RosannaGraped on a crossGraped on a crossGraped on a crossIt was his yellow bandanaAnd he gave Rosanna his yellow bandanaTo wear in her hair till he's with her once moreHe gave Rosanna his yellow bandanaBought in his pony and rode off to warHe gave Rosanna his yellow bandanaTo wear in her hair till he's with her once moreHe gave Rosanna his yellow bandanaTo wear in her hair till he's with her once more