The Carter Family – My Texas Girl (Guitar)

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All my life I've wondered if what I done was wrong

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All I ever cared to do was ride my pony on

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I never had no heartache was always happy and gay

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Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away

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Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea

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It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity

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But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile

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And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride

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The birds have hushed their singing    sadness is over the land

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The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande

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Her lips were like the Russian wine her hair it hung in curls

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Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world

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She's gone and left me lonely I miss the touch of her hand

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Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande

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Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea

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It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity

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But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile

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And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride

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The birds have hushed their singing    sadness is over the land

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The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande