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