The Texas Rangers-Tex Ritter

[ti:The Texas Rangers] [ar:Tex Ritter/Tarlton] [al:Get Gone Road Trips: All About Texas - A Collection of Texas Blues and Country] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Texas Rangers - Tex Ritter/Tarlton [00:31.51]Come all you texas rangers wherever you may be [00:36.77] [00:37.79]I'll tell you all my trouble that happened unto me [00:42.91] [00:44.02]Our captain he informs perhaps he thought it right [00:49.51] [00:50.51]Before we reach the station boy you'll surely have to fight [00:55.81] [00:56.79]And when the bugles sounded our captain gave command [01:01.87] [01:03.32]To arms to arms he shouted and by your horses stand [01:08.50] [01:09.62]I saw the smoke arise [01:11.82] [01:12.81]It seem to reach the sky [01:15.32] [01:16.02]The first of that struck me my time had come to die [01:21.14] [01:22.73]I saw the indians coming I heard them give a yell [01:27.58] [01:28.92]My feelings at that moment no tongue can never tell [01:34.11] [01:35.28]I saw their glittering lances their arrows around me flew [01:40.99] [01:41.64]And all my strength that left me and all my courage too [01:47.24] [01:48.12]We fought atleast nine hours before the strife was ore [01:53.46] [01:54.57]The like of dead and wounded I never saw before [02:00.30] [02:01.07]And when the sun was risen and the Indians they had fled [02:06.23] [02:07.30]We loaded up our rifles and counted up our dead [02:12.86] [02:14.11]And all of us were wounded our noble captain slain [02:19.71] [02:20.48]And the sun was shining across the bloody plain [02:26.19] [02:26.93]Sixteen brave rangers has ever roamed the west [02:32.67] [02:33.36]Were buried by the comrades with the arrows in their breast [02:38.95] [02:39.70]I have seen the fruits of rumblin' [02:42.18] [02:42.96]I know it's hardships well [02:45.04] [02:46.25]I've crossed the rocky mountain [02:48.59] [02:49.45]I know the streets so well [02:51.91] [02:52.75]I have in the great south west [02:54.84] [02:56.10]Where the wild patches roam [02:58.43] [02:59.21]And I'll tell you from experience you had better stay at home