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WE RE D OWN HERE IN OLD TEXAS. WHERE Y OU NEVER HAVE THE BLUES
WHERE THE BANDITS STEAL THE JITNEYS AND THE MARSHALS STEAL THE BOOZE
WHERE THE BUILDINGS HORN THE SKYLINE. WHERE THE POPULACE IS BOOST
WHERE THEY SHOOT MEN JUST FOR PASTIME WHERE THE CHICKENS NEVER ROOST
WHERE THE STICKUP MEN ARE WARÝ AND THE BULLETS FALL LIKE HAIL:
WHERE EACH POCKET HASA PISTOL AND EACH PISTOL'S GOOD FOR JAIL.
WHERE THEY ALWAYS HANG THE JURY. WHERE THEY NEVER HANG A MAN
IF YOU CALL A MAN A LIAR. YOU GET HOME THE BEST YOU CAN:
WHERE Y OU GET UP IN THE MORNING IN A WORLD OF SNOW AND SLEET
AND YOU COME H OME IN THE EVENING SUFFOCATING IN THE HEAT:
WHERE THE JITNEYS WHIZZ ABOUT Y OU AND THE STREET CARS BARELY CREEP;
WHERE THE BURGLARS PICK YOUR POCKETS WHILE YOU "LAY ME DOWN T O SLEEP"
WHERE THE BULLDOGS ALL HAVE RABIES.
AND THE RABBITS THEY HAVE FLEAS
WHERE THE BIG GIRLS LIKE THE WEE ONES WEAR THEIR DRESSES TO THEIR KNEES.
WHERE YOU WHIST OUT IN THE MORNING JUST TO GIVE YOUR HEALTH A CHANCE.
SAY "HO WDY" TO SOME FELLOW WHO SHOOTS BIG H OLES IN YOUR PANTS:
WHERE WISE OWLS ARE AFRAID TO HOOT AND BIRDS DON'T DARE TO SING
FOR IT'S HELL DOWN HERE IN TEXAS, WHERE THEY ALL SHOOT, ON THE WING.
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