Cat. #0508 (MFH #62) - As sung by Mrs. Irene Carlisle, Fayetteville, Arkansas on June 23, 1960
VERSE 1
We crossed th broad Pecos
We forded the Nueces
We swam the Guadalupe
We followed th Brazos
Red River runs rusty
The Witchita clear
But down by th Brazos
I courted my dear
VERSE 2
Then li-li-li-lee-lee
Pole th boat on
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Pole th boat on
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Pole th boat on
My Brazos River sweetheart
Has left me an' gone
VERSE 3
She kissed me, she hugged me
She called me her dandy
The Trinity's muddy
Th Brazos quick sandy
She hugged me, she kissed me
She called me her own
But down by th Brazos
She left me alone
VERSE 4
Then, li-li-li-lee-lee
Give me your hand
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Give me your hand
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Give me your hand
Th Trinity's muddy
But th Brazos quick sand
VERSE 5
Th fair Angalina
Runs glossy and gliding
Th crooked Colorado
Runs weaving an' winding
An' th slow San Antonio
It courses th plain
But I never will walk
By th Brazos again
VERSE 6
Then li-li-li-lee-lee
Pole th boat on
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Pole th boat on
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Pole th boat on
My Brazos River sweetheart
Has left me an' gone
VERSE 7
The girls of Little River
Their plump and their pretty
Th Sabine an' th Sulphur
Have many a beauty
On th banks of th Natches
There's girls by the score
An' I never will walk
By th Brazos no more
VERSE 8
Then, li-li-li-lee-lee
Give me your hand
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Give me your hand
Li-li-li-lee-lee
Give me your hand
Th Trinity's muddy
But th Brazos quick sand