EYES OF TEXAS, THE
(John Lang Sinclair - 1903


Sung to the tune of "I've Been Working On The Railroad")


I once did know a President
A way down South in Texas
And always, everywhere he went
He saw the Eyes of Texas

The Eyes of Texas are upon you
All the livelong day
The Eyes of Texas are upon you
You cannot get away

Do not think you can escape them
At night or early in the morn
The Eyes of Texas are upon you
'Til Gabriel blows his horn

Sing me a song of Prexy
Of days long since gone by
Again I seek to greet him
And hear his kind reply

Smiles of gracious welcome
Before my memory rise
Again I hear him say to me
“Remember Texas’ Eyes"



(Contributed by Mel Priddle - March 2016)