Richard Shindell - Texas Rangers lyrics

By Richard Shindell

1: Come all you Texas Rangers
Wherever you may be
I'll tell you of some trouble
That happened unto me
My name is nothing extra
So that I will not tell
But here's to all good rangers
I'm sure I wish you well

2: When at the age of sixteen
I joined this jolly band
We marched from San Antonio down
To the Rio Grande
Our captain he informed us
Perhaps he thought it right
"Before we reach the station
We'll surely have to fight!"
3: I saw the smoke ascending
It seemed to reach the sky
The first thought then came to me
"My time has come to die!"
And when the bugles sounded
Our captain gave command
"To arms, to arms, " he shouted
"and by your horses stand"

4: I saw the Indians coming
I heard their awful yell
My feelings at the moment
No human tongue an tell
I saw their glittering lances
Their arrows around me flew
Till all my strength had left me
And all my courage too

5: We fought for five full hours
Before the strife was o'er
The likes of dead and wounded
I've never seen before
And when the sun had risen
The Indians they had fled
We loaded up our rifles and
Counted up our dead

6: Now all of us were wounded
Our noble captain slain
And when the sun was shining
Across the bloody plain
Six of the noblest rangers that
Ever roamed the West
Were buried by their comrades with
Arrows in the breasts

7: Perhaps you have a mother
Likewise a sister too
Perhaps you have a sweetheart
To weep and mourn for you
If this be your position
Although you'd like to roam
I'll tell you from experience
You'd better stay at home