TEXAS ACROSS THE RIVER
From the Film "Texas Across The River"
(Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen)

The Kingston Trio


Texas across the river
Where my wandrin' days I'll bid goodbye.
Just the sound of Texas,
Gits me "boom" in the solar plexis,
It's enough to make a grown man cry!

Texas across the river
Don't need signs to tell ya where you're at.
Ain't a trace of shade there,
Seems the only real shade that's made there
Is the shade that's underneath your hat!

Texas across the river
Where your name is Tex or Sam or Slim.
I just got to ride there,
Gotta git to the other side there,
I just hope 'n' pray my horse can swim!

Texas across the river
Where they treat a stranger fair and square
They may rob and loot me,
They can stab me or even shoot me,
I'll be smilin' if they plant me there!

'Cross the river to Texas,
'Cross the river to Texas
And I'll nevermore roam
Makin' Texas my home!
Makin' Texas my home!...


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - September 2005)