09 Texas Rangers Ian & Sylvia Northern Journey Chords

Come all ye [E] 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 [A] tell
_ _ And here's to all you Rangers, _ I'm sure I wish you well
_ _ _ Was at the age of seventeen I joined the Jolly Band
_ We marched from San Antonio [Em] down to the Rio Grande
_ _ _ Our captain he informed us, [A] perhaps he thought it [E] right
_ _ Before we reached the station boys, you'll surely have to fight _ _ _ _
And when the bugle sounded our captain gave command
_ To arms, to arms he shouted and by our horses stand
_ I saw the smoke descend and it seemed to reach the sky
_ And then the thought it struck me my time had come to _ [A] die
_ _ I saw the Indians coming, I heard them give a yell
_ My feelings at that moment no [Em] human tongue can tell
_ _ I saw their glittering lances, _ their arrows round me flew
[A] _ _ And all my strength had left me and all my courage too
_ _ _ _ We fought for nine hours fully _ before the strife was o'er
_ _ The likes of dead and wounded [E] I never saw _ before
_ And when the sun had risen and the Indians they had fled
_ _ We loaded up our rifles and counted up our _ dead _ _
And all of us were wounded _ our noble captain slain _ _
The sun was shining sadly _ across that bloody plain _ _
_ Sixteen of braver rangers than ever rode the west
_ _ Were buried by their comrades _ with arrows in their _ breast _ _
_ And now my song has ended I guess I've sung enough _
The life of any ranger you see [N] is very tough _
And if you have a mother that don't want you to roam
_ _ [Em] I advise you by experience _ you'd better stay at home _ _ _
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