REMEMBER THE ALAMO
(Jane Bowers)

Tex Ritter - 1955
Johnny Bond - 1955
Johnny Cash - 1958
The Kingston Trio - 1959
Donovan - 1965
Willie Nelson - 1968
Don Great - 1976
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett - 1978
Charlie Major - 1996
Asleep At The Wheel - 2003
Riders In The Sky - 2004
The Southcoasters - 2008



 
A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die
By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh
The man who'll fight to the death cross over, but him would live better fly
Over the line went a hundred and seventy nine

Aye-yip Santa Anna, we're killin' your soldiers below
That men wherever they go will remember the Alamo

Though Bowie lay dyin', his powder was ready and dry
>From flat on his back Bowie killed him a few in reply
And brave Davy Crockett was singin' and laughin' with gallantry fierce in his eye
For God and for freedom a man more than willin' to die

Aye-yip Santa Anna, we're killin' your soldiers below
That men wherever they go will remember the Alamo

They sent a young scout from the battlements bloody and loud
With words of farewell from a garrison valiant and proud
Don't grieve little darlin' my dyin' if Texas is sovereign and free
We'll never surrender and ever with liberty be

Aye-yip Santa Anna, we're killin' your soldiers below
That men wherever they go will remember the Alamo


(Transcribed from the Tex Ritter
recording by Mel Priddle - Sept 2010)