| C | |
| We | crossed the wild Pecos |
| F | C | |
| We | forded the Nu | eces |
| C | |
| We s | wum the Guadalupe |
| G | |
| And we | followed the Brazos |
| C | |
| Red | River runs rusty |
| F | C | |
| The | Wichita | clear |
| C | |
| But | down by the Brazos |
| G | C | |
| I | courted my | dear |
| C | |
| Singing | li, li, le, le, le |
| F | C | |
| Lend me your | hand |
| C | |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| G | C | |
| Lend me your | hand |
| C | |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| F | C | |
| Lend me your | hand |
| C | |
| There's | many a river |
| G | C | |
| That | waters the l | and |
| Now the fair Angelina |
| Ruins glossy and gliding |
| The crooked Colorado |
| Runs weaving and winding |
| The slow San Antonio |
| Courses the plains |
| But I never will walk |
| By the Brazos again |
| Singing li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| There's many a river |
| That waters the land |
| She kissed me and she hugged me |
| And she called me her dandy |
| The Trinity's muddy |
| But the Brazos quick sandy |
| She kissed me and she hugged me |
| And she called me her own |
| But down by the Brazos |
| She left me alone |
| Singing li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| There's many a river |
| That waters the land |
| INSTRUMENTAL |
| Now the girls of Little River |
| They're plump and they're pretty |
| The Sabine and the Sulphur |
| Hold beauties a'many |
| The banks of the Neches |
| There's girls by the score |
| But down by the Brazos |
| I'll wander no more |
| Singing li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| There's many a river |
| That waters the land |
| Singing li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| Li, li, li, le, le, le |
| Lend me your hand |
| There's many a river |
| That waters the land |
| TEXAS RIVER SONG (CHORD CHART) |
| capo 3, 3/4 time |
| VERSES |
| |C |C |F |C |C |C |G |G | |
| |C |C |F |C |C |C |G |C | |
| CHORUS |
| |C |C |F |C |C |C |G |C | |
| |C |C |F |C |C |C |G |C |C | |
| CHORD THEORY |
| no capo - capo 3 |
| I: Eb - C |
| IV: Ab - F |
| V: Bb - G |