Come all you Texas rangers, wherever you may be
I'll tell you of some troubles that happened unto me
My name is nothing extra, so that I will not tell
And here's to all you rangers, I'm sure I wish you well
It was at the age of 16, I joined the jolly band
We marched from San Antonio unto the Rio Grande
Our captain, he informed us, I guess he thought it right
Before we reach the station, we'd surely have to fight
And before we reached the station, our captain gave command
"To arms, to arms," he shouted, "and by your ponies stand"
I saw the smoke ascending, it seemed to reach the sky
And then the thought had struck me, my time had come to die
I heard the Indians coming, I heard them give a yell
My feelings at that moment, no human tongue can tell
I saw their glittering lances, their arrows 'round me flew
And all my strength, it left me, and all my courage too
And all of us were wounded, our noble captain slain
The sun was shining sadly across the bloody plain
Sixteen as brave our rangers has ever rode the West
Were buried by their comrades with arrows in their chest
And now my song is ended, I guess I've sung enough
The life of any ranger, you see, is very tough
And if you have a mother who don't want you to roam
I advise you by experience, you'd better stay at home
I'll tell you of some troubles that happened unto me
My name is nothing extra, so that I will not tell
And here's to all you rangers, I'm sure I wish you well
It was at the age of 16, I joined the jolly band
We marched from San Antonio unto the Rio Grande
Our captain, he informed us, I guess he thought it right
Before we reach the station, we'd surely have to fight
And before we reached the station, our captain gave command
"To arms, to arms," he shouted, "and by your ponies stand"
I saw the smoke ascending, it seemed to reach the sky
And then the thought had struck me, my time had come to die
I heard the Indians coming, I heard them give a yell
My feelings at that moment, no human tongue can tell
I saw their glittering lances, their arrows 'round me flew
And all my strength, it left me, and all my courage too
And all of us were wounded, our noble captain slain
The sun was shining sadly across the bloody plain
Sixteen as brave our rangers has ever rode the West
Were buried by their comrades with arrows in their chest
And now my song is ended, I guess I've sung enough
The life of any ranger, you see, is very tough
And if you have a mother who don't want you to roam
I advise you by experience, you'd better stay at home
more tracks from the album
Cowboy Songs
- The Yellow Rose of Texas
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Cowboy Logic
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue
- Jack of Diamonds
- The Streets of Laredo
- Home on the Range
- Texas Rangers
- What Am I Doing Here
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die / Reincarnation
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Happy Trails
- Cowboy Pride
- O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- Wild Ripplin’ Waters
- The Old Chisholm Trail
- Red River Valley
- Goodbye Old Paint
From the album
- Cowboy Songs (1990)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue