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