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TEXAS RANGERS Sung by: Mary Susan (Mrs. Arnold) Hensley Recorded in Leslie, AR 6/13/63 Click here to listen to the original recording I joined the . . . band. We marched from San Antonio, Unto the Rio Grande. We marched for full nine hours Before our strife was o'er. So many of the dead and the wounded I never saw before. We fought for full nine hours Before our strife was o'er. So many of the dead and the wounded I never saw before. We fought for . . . (Comment by Mrs. Hensley: "Let's see . . . I got mixed up. You help me.") We saw them Yankees coming, We heard them gather . . . . . . No human's tongue can tell. We fought for full nine hours Before our strife was o'er. So many of the dead and the wounded I never saw before. May this be your situation, Although you like to roam. My advice to all you boys: You'd better stay at home. (Comment by Mrs. Hensley: "Now, ain't that just awful?") Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #177; Brown, Vol. II, #234; Belden, p. 336. |
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