Learned in January 2024! I was only going to record one newly learned song a month, but I got a rush of enthusiasm and learned this one too, so you all get a bonus song.
I first heard this song performed by the mighty Revels Chorus on "Seasons for Singing: A Celebration of Country Life," and it's haunted me ever since: revels.org/pro...
This is my recollection of the female-perspective verses Revels used, plus Bill Staines' version, and chords used by singer Carolyn Hester (as per usual, found on Ultimate Guitar here: tabs.ultimate-...)
We crossed the broad Pecos, we crossed the Nueces,
Swam the Guadalupe, we followed the Brazos,
Red River runs rusty, the Wichita clear,
But down by the Brazos I courted my dear.
Chorus:
Lie la lie lee, lend me your hand,
Lie la lie lee, lend me your hand,
Lie la lie lee, lend me your hand,
There's many a river that waters the land.
The fair Angelina runs glossy and glidin’,
The crooked Colorado runs wеavin' and windin',
The slow San Antonio courses the plain,
But I nеver will walk by the Brazos again.
(Chorus)
He hugged me, he kissed me, he called me his dandy,
The Trinity's muddy, the Brazos quicksandy.
He hugged me, he kissed me, he called me his own,
But down by the Brazos he left me alone.
(Chorus)
The boys of Little River are handsome and strong,
The Sabine and Sulfur are both mighty long,
And down by the Neches there's boys by the score,
But I never will walk by the Brazos no more.
(Chorus)
16 сен 2024
