Texas River Song 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 But down by the Brazos I courted my dear Singing li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me your hand Li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me your hand Li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me your hand There's many a river That waters the land Now the fair Angelina Runs glossy and gliding The crooked Colorado Runs weaving and winding The slow San Antonio
Courses and plains But I never will walk By the Brazos again She kissed me and she hugged me And she called me her dandy The Trinity's muddy But the Brazos quick sandy She kissed me and she hugged me And she called me her own But down by the Brazos She left me alone Now the girls of Little River They're plump and they're pretty The Sabine and the Sulphur Hold beauties a'many The banks of the Neches There are girls by the score But down by the Brazos I'll wander no more