Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jess Williamson
Canonical path: /jess-williamson/texas-river-song
Related lyric paths: 6
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Texas River Song
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Texas River Song
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We crossed the wild Pecos
We forded the Nueces
We swum the Guadalupe
And we followed the Brazos
Red River runs rusty
The Wichita clear
And down by the Brazos
I courted my dear
Singing li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
The Trinity's muddy
And the Brazos quicksand
The fair Angelina
Runs glossy and gliding
The crooked Colorado
Runs weaving and winding
The slow San Antonio
Courses the plains
But I never will walk
By the Brazos again
Singing li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
The Trinity's muddy
And the Brazos quicksand
Well the girls of Little River
They're plump and they're pretty
Sabine and the Sulphur
Have many a beauties
The banks of the Neches
There's girls by the score
But down by the Brazos
I'll wander no more
Singing li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
The Trinity's muddy
And the Brazos quicksand
Singing li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le
Lend me your hand
There's plenty of rivers
To water the land
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