My Heart's Tonight In Texas-The Carter Family

[ti:My Heart's Tonight In Texas] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Carter Family Selected Favorites, Vol. 8] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Heart's Tonight In Texas - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:04.43]In the distant state of Texas [00:06.96]By the silver Rio Grande [00:09.82]Strolled a couple out one evening [00:12.27]Was two sweethearts hand in hand [00:15.06] [00:15.65]Was a rich man's pretty daughter [00:18.21]And the lad she loved so dear [00:21.02]Though tomorrow they must [00:22.78]Part for many a year [00:24.88] [00:26.28]My heart's tonight in Texas though [00:29.06]I'm far across the sea [00:31.65]The band is playing "Dixie" [00:33.91]And there's where I long to be [00:36.54] [00:37.16]Dad says the earl I'll marry [00:39.83]But although here is my hand [00:42.88]My heart's tonight in Texas [00:44.97]By the silver Rio Grande [00:47.73] [00:59.47]To Europe she was going to become a lady grand [01:04.68]Where her father hopes an earl [01:06.67]Of course she'll wed [01:08.56] [01:09.53]But she went away next morning [01:12.12]And her heart was true to Jack [01:14.78]But a letter came one day and this it read [01:18.87] [01:20.07]My heart's tonight in Texas though [01:22.82]I'm far across the sea [01:25.40]The band is playing "Dixie" and [01:27.91]There's where I long to be [01:30.11] [01:30.78]Dad says the earl I'll marry [01:33.38]But although here is my hand [01:36.27]My heart's tonight in Texas [01:38.46]By the silver Rio Grande [01:41.25] [01:52.70]At a stately ball in England stood [01:55.43]The Texas lad one night [01:57.95]The scenes were all splendid and [02:00.46]The lights were dazzling bright [02:02.87] [02:03.46]The earl knelt beside her asking her to be his bride [02:08.81]But her thoughts were by the silver Rio Grande [02:12.39] [02:13.79]My heart's tonight in Texas [02:16.18]Though I'm far across the sea [02:18.99]The band is playing "Dixie" and [02:21.53]There's where I long to be [02:23.69] [02:24.42]Dad says the earl I'll marry [02:26.96]But although here is my hand [02:29.89]My heart's tonight in Texas [02:32.06]By the silver Rio Grande