Rivers of Texas
Traditional


Songwriter is unknown, but the song is often attributed to the 193s, or at least sometime in the early 20th Century.


We crossed the broad Pecos, forded the Nueces
Swam the Guadaloupe, we followed the Brazos
Red River runs rusty, Wichita clear
But it was down by the Brazos that I courted my dear

Chorus
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Many’s the river that waters the land

Fair Angelina runs glossy and gliding
The cool Colorado runs weaving and winding
The slow San Antonio, forces the plain
But I never will walk by the Brazos again

Chorus
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Many’s the river that waters the land

She kissed me and she hugged me, she called me her dandy
The Trinity is muddy and the Brazos quicksandy
She kissed me and she hugged me, she called me her own
But it was down by the Brazos, that she left me alone

Chorus
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Many’s the river that waters the land

Now the girls of Little river, are darling and pretty
The Sabine and the Sulpher have many the beauty
On the banks of the Nachadoches, are girls by the score
But I never will walk by the Brazos no more

Chorus
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Li li li, le le le, give me your hand
Many’s the river that waters the land

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