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Texas, Our Texas

Texas, Our Texas! all hail the mighty State!
Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!
Boldest and grandest, withstanding ev'ry test
O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely blest.

Texas, O Texas! your freeborn single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far,
Emblem of Freedom! it set our hearts aglow,
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo

Texas, dear Texas! from tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor, your star of destiny!
Mother of heroes, we come your children true,
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you.

God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

Written by William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright
Composed by William J. Marsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austin, Texas

State Capitol Building

 

 

 

 

When you're from Texas people that you meet ask you questions like,

"Do you have any cows?" It's nice to be able to say yes. 

They ask you, "Do you have horses?" Yup. 

Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh? Of course. 

They all want to know if you've been to Southfork.

They watched Dallas.

             Have you ever looked at a map of the world?

Heck yes you have. Look at Texas for me just for a second.

That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast,

 and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part

of you as anything ever will be.

As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is.

 

 It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan

and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt,

and he'll know what it is. 

What happens if I show you a picture of any other state?

You'll get it maybe after a second, but who else in the world would?!

Even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?'

             In every man, woman and child

on this little rock the Good Lord put us on,

there is somewhere in them a person

who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan

and get up on a horse or ride in a pickup or dance at a dancehall. 

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go,

"Wow...so you're from Kansas... Cool.
Tell me about it"?

             There is some bit of Texas in everyone. 

Do you know why? Because Texas is Texas.

Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church,

facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom,

who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed.

We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and Bowie

and do you know why?

Because those men saw a line in the sand

and they decided to be heroes.  John Wayne paid to do the movie himself.

That is Texas.

             Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Anna at San Jacinto. 

 Texas is Juneteenth and Texas Independence Day.

 Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the

Davy Crockett National Forest. 

Texas is breathtaking mountains in Big Bend.

Texas is shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.

Texas is the uniqueness of Austin.

Texas is a world record bass from places like Lake Fork.

Texas is the best colleges around.

From Houston to Lubbock and everywhere in between.

             Texas is Mexican food like nowhere in the world,.....even Mexico. 

 Texas is Lone Star beer and Shiner Bock.

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Willie Nelson

and Buddy Holly, Earl Campbell and Nolan Ryan,

Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, Lyndon Johnson and George Bush.

 

             Texas is great companies like Texas Instruments,

Dell Computer and Compaq.

             Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.

Texas is skies blackened with doves and leases full of deer.

Texas is the best Barbecue anywhere. Period.

 Texas is the nicest people you'll ever meet. Anywhere.  

Not to mention, the prettiest girls.

            Texas is a place where cities shut down for the

Cowboys on Monday Night Football

and the streets are deserted during church.

             Texas is the best music, with the best musicians in the world.

 Texas is beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies. 

If it isn't in Texas, you don't need it. 

No one does anything bigger or better.

             By federal law Texas is the only state in the U.S.

that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

Think about that for a second.

 You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland, or California,

or Maine, and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17.

 You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview,TX

 or any other school in this great state,  at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at 20 feet.

 Do you know why?

Because we place being a Texan as high

as being an American down here.

Our capitol is the only one in the country

that is taller than the capitol building in D.C.

We signed those in as part of the deal when

 we came into this great union.

             That's the best part right there. 

When we came in, Texas was its own country.

The Republic of Texas.  

Aren't you proud to be a Texan?

You should be. If you are not a Texan.....don't you wish you were?

 

 

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