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    This song is about a cowboy who is leaving Texas for Mexico because fences and plowed fields have reduced the open cattle ranges he once knew. In three verses, he details saying goodbye to the familiar sights of Texas, including the Alamo, and heading south with just his horse and rope to make a bed on the ground. In the final verse, he acknowledges to Saint Peter that while a cowboy's soul may not be pure white, he tried to act with courage and integrity on the land he knew in Texas.

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    This song is about a cowboy who is leaving Texas for Mexico because fences and plowed fields have reduced the open cattle ranges he once knew. In three verses, he details saying goodbye to the familiar sights of Texas, including the Alamo, and heading south with just his horse and rope to make a bed on the ground. In the final verse, he acknowledges to Saint Peter that while a cowboy's soul may not be pure white, he tried to act with courage and integrity on the land he knew in Texas.

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    "Old Texas" (The Cowman's Lament)

    Uploaded by

    Chris
    This song is about a cowboy who is leaving Texas for Mexico because fences and plowed fields have reduced the open cattle ranges he once knew. In three verses, he details saying goodbye to the familiar sights of Texas, including the Alamo, and heading south with just his horse and rope to make a bed on the ground. In the final verse, he acknowledges to Saint Peter that while a cowboy's soul may not be pure white, he tried to act with courage and integrity on the land he knew in Texas.

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    "Old Texas" (The Cowman's Lament)

    Verse 1:
    B (I)
    I'm going to leave old Texas now
    F (V) B (I)
    They've got no use for the long-horn cow
    B (I)
    They've plowed and fenced my cattle range
    F (V) B (I)
    And the people there are all so strange

    Verse 2:
    I'll take my horse and I'll take my rope
    And hit the trail upon a lope
    Say adios to the Alamo
    And turn my head toward Mexico

    Verse 3:
    The hard, hard ground shall be my bed
    And my saddle seat shall hold my head
    And when my ride on Earth is done
    I'll take my chances with the Holy One

    Verse 4:
    I'll tell Saint Peter that I know
    A cowboy's soul ain't white as snow
    Yet in that far-off cattle land
    He sometimes acted like a man

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