"Southern Texas" (Texas Rangers) Performance
Added 2021-12-17 15:00:07 +0000 UTCf♯DGAD ~ d♯BEF♯B. I learned "Southern Texas" (an adaptation of the earlier ballad, "Texas Rangers") from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky.
See George play it: https://youtu.be/2DcslGzAgSo
Way down in southern Texas where I rejoined to stay
I left my kind old parents when their hair was turning grey,
I joined them dying cowboys I knew I had to ride
I climbed up in the saddle and bid this world goodbye.
I saw them Indians coming I heard them give their yell
My feelings at that moment no human's tongue can tell,
My horse she got excited she could not stand still
The firelight from our pistols looked like sunshine on the hill.
My friends shot down beside me tears falling from my face
O how I love you brother but I can't take your place,
And then I thought of Mother who said in tears to me
To you they are all strangers at home you'd better be.
I thought her old and childish the best she did not know
My mind was set on ranging so westward I did go,
Way down in southern Texas where I rejoined to stay
I left my kind old parents when their hair was turning grey.
Comments
Yes, both this song and "German War" are remixes of the earlier ballad, "The Texas Rangers."
Clifton Hicks
2021-12-21 14:38:55 +0000 UTCGreat tune played by a master! I’m wondering, could this tune be an early version of or antecedent of German War? The lyrics are awful similar in some parts.
Kyle Haugh
2021-12-21 08:01:44 +0000 UTCAs a Texan I tip my hat to you.
Texas Mopar
2021-12-18 19:31:04 +0000 UTC
