My Texas Girl

by The Carter Family

From the album: Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) / Glory to the Lamb

Track 8 of 20 on Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) / Glory to the Lamb (1935).

Duration: 3:03

Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) / Glory to the Lamb cover art

Lyrics for My Texas Girl

All my life I've wondered if what I done was wrong All I ever cared to do was ride my pony on I never had no heartache was always happy and gay Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride The birds have hushed their singing sadness is over the land The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande Her lips were like the Russian wine her hair it hung in curls Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world She's gone and left me lonely I miss the touch of her hand Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande

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  2. Lulu Walls
  3. My Clinch Mountain Home
  4. Wildwood Flower
  5. Worried Man Blues
  6. Keep On the Sunny Side
  7. Gospel Ship
  8. My Texas Girl
  9. Sinking In The Lonesome Sea
  10. Cannon Ball Blues
  11. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
  12. River of Jordan
  13. The Storms Are On the Ocean (with Mother Maybelle Carter)
  14. On the Rock Where Moses Stood
  15. The Little Black Train
  16. Single Girl, Married Girl
  17. Kissing Is a Crime
  18. Blackie's Gunman
  19. My Home Among The Hills
  20. Black Jack David