The Texas Rangers
 
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1. Come all you Texas Rangers, wherever you may be,
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 I'll tell you of some trouble that happened unto me.
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 My name is nothing extra, so that I will not tell,
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  but here's to all good rangers, I'm sure I wish you well.
 
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2. When at the age of sixteen I joined this jolly band, 
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 we marched from San Antonio down to the Rio Grande.
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 Our captain he informed us, perhaps he thought it right,
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 "Before we reach the station, we'll surely have to fight!"
 
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3. I saw the smoke ascending, it seemed to reach the sky,
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 the first thought then came to me, "My time has come to die!"
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 And when the bugles sounded, our captain gave command,
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 "To arms, to arms," he shouted, "and by your horses stand."
 
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4. I saw the Indians coming, I heard their awful yell,
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 my feelings at the moment, no human tongue an tell.
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 I saw their glittering lances, their arrows around me flew,
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 till all my strength had left me, and all my courage too.
 
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5. We fought for five full hours before the strife was o'er.
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 the likes of dead and wounded, I've never seen before.
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 And when the sun had risen, the Indians they had fled,
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 we loaded up our rifles and counted up our dead.
 
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6. Now all of us were wounded, our noble captain slain.
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 and when the sun was shining across the bloody plain.
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 Six of the noblest rangers that ever roamed the West,
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 were buried by their comrades with arrows in the breasts.
 
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7. Perhaps you have a mother, likewise a sister too,
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 perhaps you have a sweetheart, to weep and mourn for you.
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 If this be your position, although you'd like to roam,
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 I'll tell you from experience, you'd better stay at home.
  
(orig. = capo 1st)  (Tex Ritter)